Walgreens Celebrates Company’s 27,000 Pharmacists During American Pharmacists Month
06 Octubre 2014 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Walgreens (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq:WAG) is honoring its more than
27,000 community pharmacists as part of American Pharmacists Month,
recognizing the important role they are playing in health care
today, and in furthering the Walgreens purpose to champion
everyone’s right to be happy and healthy.
Walgreens pharmacists, across more than 8,200 Walgreens and
Duane Reade drugstores, have been central to the ongoing
advancement of community pharmacy, providing a wider range of
health care services and working more closely than ever before with
other providers to ensure continuity of patient care. Walgreens
pharmacists today provide a number of preventive services,
including immunizations, health testing, chronic care and
medication therapy management, patient counseling and more.
During fiscal year 2014, the company’s pharmacists helped to
administer a total of 9.6 million immunizations chain-wide,
including more than 7.7 million flu shots.
“As the most accessible, and among the most trusted health care
providers in thousands of communities across America, our
pharmacists have become a critical part of patients’ health care
teams, and a valuable partner to many others within our health care
system,” said Richard Ashworth, Walgreens president of retail and
pharmacy operations. “This month is an opportunity to recognize the
personalized care our pharmacists provide every day, as we continue
to advance the role of community pharmacy to meet the changing
needs of patients, payers and the health care system at large.”
With a greater need for access to health care services, the
company has pharmacists with specialized training to help manage a
growing number of chronic conditions such as diabetes, HIV/AIDS,
rheumatoid arthritis and cancer. In addition, Walgreens pharmacists
are working closely to coordinate care with hospitals, health
systems and physician groups on medication adherence and transition
of care programs such as WellTransitions.
About Walgreens
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2014 sales
of $76 billion, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) vision is to be
America’s most loved pharmacy-led health, wellbeing and beauty
enterprise. Each day, in communities across America, more than 8
million customers interact with Walgreens using the most
convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services and
trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services and
advice. Walgreens scope of pharmacy services includes retail,
specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail service, along with
online and mobile services. These services improve health outcomes
and lower costs for payers including employers, managed care
organizations, health systems, pharmacy benefit managers and the
public sector. The company operates 8,207 drugstores with a
presence in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Walgreens digital business includes
Walgreens.com, drugstore.com, Beauty.com, SkinStore.com and
VisionDirect.com. Walgreens also manages more than 400 Healthcare
Clinic and provider practice locations around the country.
WalgreensMarkeisha Marshall, (847)
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