Industry standards provide the framework for an interoperable healthcare ecosystem, enabling providers access to relevant and timely information to provide quality patient care. The NCPDP Foundation funds research and pilots to accelerate adoption of those standards.

The NCPDP Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a partner to NCPDP, a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization that creates standards for the electronic exchange of healthcare information related to pharmacy services. As such, the NCPDP Foundation’s funding focus is on validating the benefits of, or identifying areas where NCPDP standards and solutions improve medication safety, timely access to needed medications, adherence to medication therapies, and improve interoperability.

The Foundation’s research priorities center on four initiatives:

• Enhance Patient Safety
  Medication mistakes and misuse endanger our health. We’re working to enable healthcare providers to electronically access and share timely, accurate information to help prevent medication errors and misuse of high-risk drugs such as opioids.
  • The NCPDP Foundation is pleased to have named FDB as its Patient Safety Inaugural Founders Gift Donor. FDB President Robert C. (“Bob”) Katter will serve as the NCPDP Foundation’s National Advisory Council (NAC) Chair for Patient Safety. FDB’s donation of $100,000 and Bob’s support as Chair will support future research projects to help enhance patient safety. Read More
  
  


• Expand the Role and Value of the Pharmacist
  There’s much more that pharmacists can do to meet an increasing need for healthcare services and improve our health outcomes. The Foundation is working to make that possible by ensuring that pharmacists can be connected with other healthcare providers, payers and public health agencies.
  • The NCPDP Foundation is pleased to name Surescripts as its Role and Value of the Pharmacist Founders Gift Donor. Surescripts Chief Marketing Officer Melanie Marcus will serve as the NCPDP Foundation’s National Advisory Council (NAC) Chair for the Role and Value of the Pharmacist. Surescripts’ donation of $100,000 and Melanie’s support as Chair will support future research projects to help expand the role and value of the pharmacist. Read More
  
  


• Increase Patient Access to Care
  Prescription costs and delays hinder patient access to care. We’re working to increase adoption of standards that help patients obtain appropriate medications in a timely manner and save on their prescription costs.
  • The NCPDP Foundation is pleased to have named GoodRx as its Patient Access to Care Founders Gift Donor. Preeti Parikh, MD, Executive Medical Director of GoodRx Health, will serve as the Patient Access to Care Chair for the Foundation’s Newly Established National Advisory Council (NAC). GoodRx’s donation of $100,000 and Preeti’s support as Chair will support future research projects to help enhance patient access to quality health care. Read More
  
  


• Empower Coordination of Care and Innovation
  Healthcare interoperability can significantly improve with pharmacist involvement. The Foundation is working to fund projects that prove everything pharmacists do for patients outside of dispensing and how they can close gaps in care.
  • The NCPDP Foundation is pleased to name CoverMyMeds as its Coordination of Care and Innovation Founder’s Gift Donor. CoverMyMed’s donation will support future research projects to help empower coordination of care and innovation. Read More
  
  

Your donation to the NCPDP Foundation can overcome healthcare challenges, resulting in better care for you, your family, and millions of others. In a world facing new healthcare challenges every day, your support of the NCPDP Foundation has never been more important.