(Black PR Wire) The week of October 15 – 21 marks National Pharmacy Week, a time dedicated to recognizing the powerful and important role that pharmacists play in the healthcare industry. In support of this observance, Jessie Trice Community Health System, Inc. joins the American Society of Health System Pharmacists in its efforts to increase awareness of the role pharmacy professionals play in ensuring patients have access to medications that are safe and effective.

“Our pharmacy services are top-notch,” explains Annie Neasman, President and CEO of JTCHS. Our pharmacists are experts in the field and offer a prescription for health.”

Offering a prescription for health is paramount, as pharmacists play a key role in drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize the use of medication for the benefit of the patients.

Neasman shares that refilling your prescriptions is easy and convenient at the JTCHS pharmacy. Her top six reasons for filling your prescriptions with JTCHS includes:

1. Patients are able to get their prescriptions filled by their provider.
2. JTCHS offers free, convenient home delivery.
3. JTCHS offers significant savings on most prescriptions.
4. JTCHS offers prescription auto refills.
5. JTCHS even sends patients email and text reminders when their prescriptions are ready.
6. JTCHS has a Pharmacy mobile app.

Patients seeking pharmacy services are encouraged to visit JTCHS at the following locations:

JTCHS – Corporate Office Complex
5607 NW 27th Ave Suite 1 • Miami, Florida 33142

JTCHS – Barbara J. Jordan Health & Wellness Center
20612 NW 27th Avenue • Miami Gardens, FL 33056

JTCHS – Flamingo Center
901 E. 10th Avenue • Bay 39 • Hialeah, Florida 33010

The Jessie Trice Community Health System, Inc (JTCHS) is one of Miami-Dade County's preeminent federally qualified community health centers, governed by a remarkably dedicated Board of Directors (51% of which are users of the medical and dental services) and a diverse, incredibly talented, committed family of providers and staff. The 1st Federally Qualified Health Center in the state and 5th in the nation, JTCHS is a Florida 501 (c) 3, not-for-profit organization that has been serving Miami-Dade County since 1967. JTCHS served its first patients from a trailer. Now, fifty-four (54) years after its founding, JTCHS owns and operates eleven 11 Comprehensive Primary Care centers, a 40 bed Women's Residential Center for substance use, and is located in one (1) university and forty (40) school-based health suites. JTCHS knows and specializes in comprehensive health, offering a myriad of services to improve the health of the community. This includes but not limited to: dentistry, family medicine, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, behavioral health, transportation, healthy start, obstetric & gynecological care, school-based health, community health promotions, health & wellness center, pediatrics, and ancillary services. For more information on the Jessie Trice Community Health System, call 305-637-6400 or visit jtchs.org.

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