First DataBank Executive Named to NCPDP Board of Trustees
San Bruno, CA – Feb 25, 2005
Thomas Bizzaro, RPh, Vice President, Sales and Marketing for First DataBank, was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), based in Scottsdale, Arizona. NCPDP is an ANSI-accredited standards-development organization that creates and promotes electronic data interchange standards used by thousands of pharmacy organizations. On the Board, Bizzaro will be representing vendors and general-interest members of NCPDP.
Bizzaro has been a working member of NCPDP for eight years. In recent years, he has been actively involved in Work Group 2, Product Identification, serving as co-chair for four terms. He is also actively involved in the Telecommunications, Prescriber/Pharmacy Interface and Professional Pharmacy Services work groups. “As a member of the Board,” Bizzaro commented, “I expect to help establish policy, set strategic direction, adopt specific industry-related goals and assure careful revenue stewardship for NCPDP.”
About NCPDP
Founded in 1977, NCPDP is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited, Standards Development Organization (SDO). With approximately 1,400 members representing virtually every sector of the pharmacy services industry, NCPDP has made great strides over the last 25 years in its standardization programs for prescription drugs. NCPDP has 14 active Work Groups dedicated to the technological advancement of pharmacy through standards development. For more information, visit the NCPDP website at www.ncpdp.org
About First DataBank
First DataBank, a subsidiary of The Hearst Corporation, is the leading provider of electronic drug information to the healthcare industry. We pioneered the concept of creating executable drug knowledge that’s designed to be relevant from the perspectives of multiple end users. For more than two decades, we’ve partnered with information system developers to deliver proven knowledge bases for integration into a wide range of applications all across the healthcare continuum, with particular expertise in clinical decision support within the workflow. Together with our development partners, First DataBank helps reduce the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events, which promises to lower healthcare costs and improve patient care. For more information, visit:
www.firstdatabank.com
Contact Information
David Manin, Director of Marketing
650-872-4588
David_Manin@firstdatabank.com
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