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.
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