NACDS Annual Meeting rewind

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The National Association of Chain Drug Stores chairman’s gavel officially traded hands last month, here, at NACDS Annual Meeting, as Rite Aid chairman and CEO John Standley wrapped up his one-year term, and incoming chairman Randy Edeker, chairman, CEO and president of Hy-Vee embarked on his.

“Health care is undergoing historic change, which is creating unprecedented demands on our business, but also enormous opportunities to grow,” Standley said during his last remarks as NACDS chairman, outlining the five pillars of NACDS membership value:

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  Strengthening relationships between retailers and suppliers;


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  Protecting patient access to community pharmacy;


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  Expanding scope of healthcare services beyond filling prescriptions;


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  Training the next generation of pharmacists; and


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  Making sure that legislators and policy-makers understand the value community pharmacy brings to health care.

In his first remarks as NACDS chairman, Edeker noted, “The evolution of health care is here, with pharmacies as the face of neighborhood health care. The new healthcare definition includes environmental factors, nutrition, the social environment, emotional and spiritual factors.”



Forecasting what’s ahead for NACDS, Edeker outlined 10 priorities for his leadership, including monitoring closely the ongoing changes in Medicaid; healthcare delivery; attitudes and expectations of care; specialty pharmacy; quality measurements; technology and patient-managed health; millennial trends; cyber security; growing collaboration among companies through NACDS; and political involvement.



From the business sessions to the strategic meetings along cabana row, and all of the evening events, DSN once again covered all the action from NACDS Annual Meeting in its exclusive Show Daily editions. For all the news from Annual Meeting, visit DrugStoreNews.com/show-watch.