Take Care Health Systems Launches ''We Love NPs'' Campaign in Celebration of National Nurse Practitioner Week

Take Care Health Systems, one of the largest managers of convenient care clinics and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG), has launched a three-week "We Love NPs” campaign celebrating nurse practitioners across the country, and is awarding one NP a $2,500 gift. The campaign kick-off corresponds with National Nurse Practitioner Week November 11-17 and runs through the end of the month. "Nurse practitioners are the core of Take Care Health Systems. They provide the high-quality health care our patients demand and receive every day at our 85 clinics nationwide,” said Sandy Ryan, Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer for Take Care Health Systems. "The ‘We Love NPs’ campaign is a national program to commend each and every NP for their advocacy on behalf of patients and their passion for providing accessible care.” Nurse practitioners from across the country can register to win a $2,500 American Express gift card, a special "thank you” for a job well done, at www.WeLoveNPs.com. Entries are due November 30, 2007. One lucky winner will be chosen the week of December 3. "For more than 40 years nurse practitioners have served their communities, and now more than ever NPs are recognized as a vital part of the solution to the lack of affordable, accessible, high-quality care in the U.S. healthcare system,” said Dr. Loretta C. Ford, co-founder of the first NP program and pioneer in its development. "Take Care Health Systems is taking a leadership role in recognizing NPs by assimilating nursing leadership into the strategy of its organization and placing NPs at the forefront of the convenient care industry.” Take Care Health Clinics are staffed primarily by certified family nurse practitioners – registered nurses with advanced education and training – who treat patients 18 months and older for common illnesses such as strep throat, ear and sinus infections, pink eye and poison ivy, and are licensed to write prescriptions that can be filled at the patient’s pharmacy of choice. Take Care Nurse Practitioners provide diagnostic screenings; school, sports and camp physicals; and offer vaccinations for flu, hepatitis B, meningitis and tetanus. Take Care Health Systems currently employs 359 nurse practitioners at 85 Take Care Health Clinics in Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and St. Louis. Take Care Health Systems plans to have more than 100 clinics open at Walgreens drugstores by the end of 2007 and more than 400 clinics by the end of 2008. About Take Care Health SystemsSM Take Care Health SystemsSM (www.takecarehealth.com), one of the largest managers of convenient care clinics, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Walgreens. Take Care Health ClinicsSM managed by Take Care Health Systems combine best practices in medicine and the expertise and personal care of Take Care Health ProvidersSM in providing high-quality, accessible and affordable health care to all individuals. Take Care Health SystemsSM uses nationally recognized clinical guidelines, industry standards set forth by the Convenient Care Association (www.convenientcareassociation.org) and an electronic medical record system to ensure the highest quality care. The company maintains a detailed quality assurance program including collaborating physician review to ensure quality care, patient safety and state scope of practice compliance. Patient care is provided by Take Care Health ServicesSM, an independently owned state professional corporation established in each market.