NCPDP (National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc.)

🚨 Registration price increases in 1 month! Don't miss your chance to save on your ticket to join us May 5-7 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Attendance at #NCPDP25 ensures that you: 💡 Connect with top healthcare leaders, innovators, and providers, 💡 Lead or engage in live discussions on the future of pharmacy & HIT, 💡 Explore cutting-edge health tech and hot-topic educational sessions, 💡 Fulfill your business needs with presentation, promotion and networking opportunities. Register now before Early Bird Savings end ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gCugtcD

🔊 New Podcast Episode! As healthcare seeks to increase interoperability, care coordination, and the inclusion of pharmacists in the patient care team, the need for accurate identification of patients across disparate health systems and care settings has become even more critical. NCPDP’s latest podcast provides an update on a proven patient matching solution that is both vendor-neutral and provider-neutral – now known as the Patient Experience Identifier™ Solution (PEI). Listen to the discussion on The Patient Matching Challenge and a Proven Solution with NCPDP executive team members John Hill and Pooja Babbrah to learn more! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gxCZUnEz

ICYMI: ASTP & NCPDP are teaming up on an upcoming Pharmacy Product Locator Pilot Program, and you can too! Join these upcoming webinars to learn how.. 💡 The pilot’s goal is to address challenges locating prescriptions and the delays this causes to treatment by developing, implementing, and testing an electronic transaction that would provide prescription availability and increase visibility between a prescriber and a chosen pharmacy. Not sure if you'd be a good fit? Join us on January 13 or February 3, 2025, to learn how your expertise could be valuable and how you can get involved in this high priority ASTP/ONC initiative. Learn more and register ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gAkfJGE

It's time to celebrate the newest NCPDP members again this #MembershipMonday! Welcome to Jeff Huether, R.Ph., MBA, PharmD, Tierney Sanna, PharmD, Derek Schneider, Susan Siford, and Brittany Strauch! We look forward to seeing and supporting your career advancement! Learn more about NCPDP membership and how it can benefit you and your organization! https://lnkd.in/g7-ERvP

Looking for a way to spend that last bit of your 2024 budget before year end? An Innovation Theater presentation slot may be the perfect solution!   Showcase your innovative product or service with an interactive presentation in front of healthcare industry professionals! NCPDP’s Innovation Theater filled quickly and only 7 spots remain for the 2025 conference, so book your spot today! Each Theater slot is $5,000 and grants you 20 minutes to speak directly to attendees at the NCPDP 2025 Annual Technology & Business Conference, the perfect market for your healthcare product or service.   In addition to the allotted time, you also receive: ✅ One Impact Poster, which will be placed out in the Innovation & Connection Hub to promote your session and/or product throughout the conference ✅ Two Connector Badges to facilitate ongoing industry networking and connections ✅ And the option to reserve a table in the Hub for a discounted rate of $500 (normally $1,500) where you can hold meetings, provide more in depth demos, etc.   Learn more and book your spot on page 15 of the Annual Conference Prospectus: https://lnkd.in/g_dRSRzM or leave a comment/send a message through LinkedIn and we’ll get your spot secured ASAP!   See you in May!

Did you know that the first portable rescue inhaler for asthma was a cigarette? No really. Before the invention of nebulizers and inhalers to deliver medications like antihistamines, bronchodilators, and corticosteroids, people relied on herbal interventions to ease what was, and still is, a very common, bothersome, and often dangerous respiratory issue. Examples from ancient China, Egypt and India display the use of burning medicinal plants to create a smoke that would then be inhaled to soothe respiratory disorders, usually via an earthenware vessel and a hollow tube to direct the fumes. Enter Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann, who after completing a year of military service in the Civil War, set up as a Throat and Lung specialist in St. Paul, Minnesota. Among several patented remedies, Dr. Schiffmann eventually gained a patent for “Asthmador” in 1893. Advertisements for the treatment proclaimed “Asthmador [powder] or Asthmador Cigarettes will give instant relief usually within 10 seconds, but always within 15 minutes” with a money back guarantee! The product was manufactured and sold through the early 20th century until the 1960s, when it was removed from circulation after several poisonings were linked to the brand. (Fun fact: two of the main ingredients in this relieving agent were stramonium and belladonna, both dangerous poisons when ingested instead of inhaled.) Although we have come a long way and are now fortunate to have much safer and more reliable medicinal relief for asthma and other respiratory disorders at our fingertips, that would not be the case without the dedicated hard work, experimentation, and innovation of the countless pharmacists who came before and paved the way. Keep an eye out for more of these features from the collection of over 700 items on display at NCPDP’s Scottsdale headquarters. Thank you to the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy for loaning these items to NCPDP!

🎁 Happy Holidays from us at NCPDP! Earlier this month NCPDP staff came together to celebrate another successful year, enjoy a day away from our computers, and give back to the community. This year, working with The Foster Alliance - Arizona Helping Hands, we built 50 skateboards for foster children in need. These skateboards are available to foster parents living in Arizona to help them support the children they have taken into their homes. We also assembled 50 necessities bags for Shoebox Ministry, who provides the bags to those in need of basic toiletries and a caring note – each bag had a handwritten note from someone on NCPDP staff!   Our greatest asset is our people – the staff who dedicate their time to supporting NCPDP initiatives, the members who volunteer their time to lead within NCPDP, and the industry professionals who share their expertise. Thank you for your support over the past year. We hope you have a relaxing and memorable holiday season! 

Happy #MembershipMonday! We are thrilled to welcome more new members: Kara Kreisher, R.Ph., PharmD, Abe Lowy, Joy Nicolai, MBA, Stacey Roach, and Brad Ward. How can we best help you further your career goals? Learn more about NCPDP membership and how it can benefit you and your organization! https://lnkd.in/g7-ERvP

Shout out to some of the newest members of NCPDP on this #MembershipMonday: Vickie Andros, PharmD, Kapali Eswaran, Ph.D., Joseph Mulvehill, M.D., John Priskorn, MBA, and Kaylee Quinett, MBA! We are thrilled to support your career journey in the #pharmacy and #healthIT space! Learn more about NCPDP membership and how it can benefit you and your organization! https://lnkd.in/g7-ERvP

ASTP & NCPDP are teaming up on an upcoming Pharmacy Product Locator Pilot Program, and you can too! 💡 The pilot’s goal is to address challenges locating prescriptions and the delays this causes to treatment by developing, implementing, and testing an electronic transaction that would provide prescription availability and increase visibility between a prescriber and a chosen pharmacy. Not sure if you'd be a good fit? Join one of these new webinars on January 13 or February 3, 2025, to learn how your expertise could be valuable and how you can get involved in this high priority ASTP/ONC initiative. Learn more and register ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gAkfJGE