• Drug Store News, Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:48 AM

Pharmacists need to leverage their strengths as "medication experts" who can coordinate healthcare efforts within the community, and put patients at the center of those efforts, according to Edith Rosato, svp pharmacy affairs for National Association of Chain Drug Stores and president of the NACDS Foundation.

Pharmacy is embarking on revolutionary times," she told more than 300 leaders in healthcare, business, government and community activism in Boston this week. "As the face of neighborhood health care, it is not only our duty to transform to better serve our patients -- it is our responsibility."

Rosato feels that pharmacists could play a bigger role in proactive and integrated patient-centric health care, Jim Frederick reports, expanding on programs such as medication therapy management services, vaccinations, patient counseling and prevention-and-wellness programs.

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