[Nfbf-l] Walgreens Launches Nationwide Program

Wed Jun 4 14:59:29 UTC 2014

I have it with CVS and it is great! Thanks Pat for passing this along.
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Hi Pat,
This is wonderful news and I plan to take advantage of the talking
script reader as soon as possible. Do you know if we can purchase one from
any of our local stores immediately?

Kathy

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Walgreens Launches Nationwide Program Offering Talking Prescription Devices
for Customers with Visual Impairments

Initiative adds to Walgreens other accessible prescription information
services; leadership of blindness organizations praise company's program

DEERFIELD, Ill., June 3, 2014 -- Walgreens, the nation's largest drugstore
chain (NYSE: WAG) (Nasdaq: WAG), today announced the launch of a nationwide
program offering talking prescription devices to customers with visual
impairments. The initiative introduces a new service that complements other
accessible prescription information Walgreens currently provides.

Walgreens is the first in the industry to offer this exclusive talking
prescription device, called the Talking Pill Reminder, at its retail
locations chainwide.
 The device attaches to prescription containers and will be provided free of
charge with prescription medications that Walgreens dispenses to its
pharmacy customers who are blind or who have visual impairments. The Talking
Pill Reminder can be recorded to speak the information on the customer's
prescription medication label, and also has an audible alarm to remind
patients when to take a medication.

The Talking Pill Reminder is available to customers of Walgreens retail
pharmacies across the country and through Walgreens prescription mail
service.
The devices also are available in Walgreens drugstores for purchase for a
retail price of $9.99.

"Adherence to medication can be critical in treating illness today, and this
is an innovation that will help our visually impaired customers correctly
identify and take medications as prescribed," said Jeff Koziel, Walgreens
group vice president of pharmacy operations.  "As part of our mission to
help customers get, stay and live well, we're proud to have worked closely
with other leading organizations to make the Talking Pill Reminder available
across all of our more than 8,100 stores nationwide."

The initiative is the result of a collaboration between Walgreens, The
American Council of the Blind (ACB) and the ACB affiliates in California and
Illinois.
All partnering organizations praised the Walgreens announcement.

"Accessible prescription information is critical to people who are blind,
and with today's announcement, Walgreens assumes a significant leadership
role in serving its customers with visual impairments," said ACB President
Kim Charlson.

Illinois Council of the Blind representative Ray Campbell commended
Walgreens initiative, saying, "So many of our members and ACB members across
the country value Walgreens excellent customer service.  The company's
rollout of the Talking Pill Reminder gives them yet another reason to make
Walgreens their pharmacy of choice."

California Council of the Blind President Donna Pomerantz said, "Standard
prescription labels put customers who are blind at risk for mixing up
medications or taking them incorrectly.  For this reason, Walgreens
initiative is a matter of basic safety, and we congratulate the company on
its efforts in this important area."

In addition to providing the Talking Pill Reminder, Walgreens also offers
large print patient information sheets to customers who have visual
impairments.

Walgreens accessibility initiative will help people with visual impairments
who have difficulty or are unable to read a standard prescription medication
label.

About Walgreens

As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2013 sales of $72
billion, Walgreens ( www.walgreens.com
) vision is to be the first choice in health and daily living for everyone
in America, and beyond. Each day, Walgreens provides more than 6 million
customers the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and
services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and wellness services
and advice in communities across America. Walgreens scope of pharmacy
services includes retail, specialty, infusion, medical facility and mail
service, along with respiratory 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 8,200 drugstores in all 50 states, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Take Care Health Systems is a Walgreens subsidiary that is the largest and
most comprehensive manager of worksite health and wellness centers, provider
practices, and in-store convenient care clinics, with more than 750
locations throughout the country.

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