Passing the Baton: Leadership, Legacy, and the Road Ahead

In this episode of NCPDPunscripted, NCPDP sits down with Christian Tadrus, R.Ph, PharmaD, FASCP, AE-C, NSC and Mindy Smith. R.Ph, MHA, to talk about leadership, progress, and what’s next for NCPDP.

Christian shares some of his proudest moments as Board Chair, including big steps forward for pharmacists and industry collaboration. Mindy gives us a look at her vision as she takes the gavel, with a focus on the new 3-year strategic plan and how NCPDP is keeping innovation, interoperability, and smart governance at the forefront. It’s a relaxed but powerful conversation about where we’ve been and where we’re headed.

About NCPDP

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), established in 1977, is a nonprofit ANSI-accredited Standards Developer (ASD) with members across the healthcare industry. NCPDP develops standards and solutions to improve the exchange of information for medications, supplies, and services, including the SCRIPT Standard for ePrescribing and the Telecommunication Standard. Its data products include dataQ®, providing insights on over 80,000 pharmacies, and HCIdea®, a prescriber database with over 3.7 million records. NCPDP's RxReconn® offers real-time tracking of pharmacy-related legislative and regulatory activity at state and national levels. Named in federal legislation such as HIPAA and HITECH, NCPDP has been advancing healthcare interoperability for decades. Learn more at www.ncpdp.org.