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recently authored <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/middle-ground-examining-role-drug-wholesalers-patient-steve-collis/" target="_blank">an article</a> about large pharmaceutical wholesalers like AmerisourceBergen being thought of as “middlemen.” As Steve suggests, the notion of being in the middle—of anything—is decidedly unglamorous. Yet organizations like ours are the heart of healthcare delivery.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>Last year, I likened AmerisourceBergen’s role in the pharmaceutical supply chain to that of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/building-strengthening-our-bridge-across-healthcare-supply-howell/" target="_blank">a bridge</a>. We connect the innovators of novel therapies and the developers of everyday medicines with the pharmacies and providers that care for the people and patients who most need them. In this way, we are essential to pharmaceutical care that supports healthier lives.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>The work we do can be accurately described both ways but, ultimately, it’s our ability to deliver that really matters. We ensure patient access to vital pharmaceutical products every single day. We are exceptional at what we do. We are the model of efficiency. And we don't take a day or a pill for granted. Across the globe, people rely on us to get them the products they need when and where they need them.&nbsp;And every day, miracles happen because of our role in the supply chain.</p> 
<p>Over the Labor Day weekend, what we do, how we do it and our steadfast commitment to getting it done regardless of the circumstances took on a whole new meaning for thousands of Texas residents affected by Hurricane Harvey.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>In one instance, our client, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), contacted us to help fulfill an emergency medication donation to the National Guard, which was temporarily staffing St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Beaumont. The Guard needed two weeks’ worth of various medicines for 100 patients at the facility and HCA’s centralized distribution center didn’t have the necessary quantities. AmerisourceBergen donated the remainder through a nearby distribution center and the medication was delivered to St. Elizabeth’s via helicopter within hours. (It’s worth noting that St. Elizabeth’s isn’t even an HCA facility. Like AmerisourceBergen, HCA was simply supporting the hurricane relief effort).&nbsp;</p> 
<p>PharMEDium, a leading provider of ready-to-use compounded sterile preparations and a part of AmerisourceBergen, employs about 500 people at a large operation in the Houston/Sugarland area. Despite the associates themselves being significantly impacted by Harvey, enough of them prioritized making it to work that the facility was operational within three days of the hurricane. Meanwhile, PharMEDium associates in other locations nationwide committed to working weekend shifts to compensate for any lost production.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>With UPS and FedEx experiencing considerable logistical challenges, sales associates at Oncology Supply, another AmerisourceBergen company, took it upon themselves to drive to Dothan, AL, to pick up and deliver urgent chemotherapy medications for clinics in the Houston area. Similarly, ASD Healthcare in Frisco, TX, also a part of AmerisourceBergen, deployed specialized couriers and helicopters to obtain supplies with precision coordination between its distribution centers in Louisville, Dallas and Houston.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>The AmerisourceBergen transportation team worked diligently to identify a secure route into Houston through which medication deliveries could safely be made. The information was quickly shared with the other two largest pharmaceutical wholesalers so that impacted patients would receive desperately needed treatments, regardless of who supplied them. The group also worked with FEMA to ensure that healthcare deliveries could be airlifted if necessary.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>These are just our examples of how an organization can mobilize its core capabilities to meet needs in the face of a serious crisis like Hurricane Harvey. Other companies have stories to tell too. A beer manufacturer shipped much needed cases of water they had canned. A furniture gallery transformed into a shelter where children could be seen playing together on mattresses. And a construction equipment manufacturer has begun sending power and clean-up gear. Of course, numerous organizations assisted with financial contributions, supply collections and product donations as well.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>An inherent desire to do the right thing first and worry about the business and financial implications later empowers people and companies to leverage their expertise to step up and make a difference.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>People don't think about where their medicines come from on a daily basis, and certainly not in times of critical need. They don’t consider how those pills arrived at the pharmacy or how that treatment and supplies made its way to the hospital. All that matters is that the medication is there when it’s needed. It is on those rare occasions when something like an unprecedented natural disaster jeopardizes those deliveries that the importance of the middleman is undeniable. You might never see us. But we’re here creating, strengthening and reinforcing the bridge that ensures critical treatments get where they’re needed consistently and without fail.&nbsp;</p> 
<p>I'm so proud of our company not only for what we’re doing to support relief efforts in Houston, but for the work we do all the time. Every day we live out our responsibility to create healthier futures. It’s our purpose. And there’s nothing middling about that.&nbsp;</p> 
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