DR. HELEN BOOTH PHARM.D.
NPI 1508831850
Pharmacist - Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Tacoma, WA

NPI Status: Active since February 21, 2006

Contact Information

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CTR 9040 JACKSON AVE
TACOMA, WA
ZIP 98431
Phone: (253) 968-3903

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Secondary Taxonomies
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About HELEN BOOTH

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for Helen Booth, a provider established in Tacoma, Washington with a medical specialization in Pharmacist, focusing in pharmacist clinician (phc)/ clinical pharmacy specialist . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1508831850 assigned on February 2006. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 1835P0018X with license number PH00018127 (WA). The provider is registered as an individual and her NPI record was last updated 2 years ago.

NPI: 1508831850
Provider Name: DR. HELEN BOOTH PHARM.D.
Gender: Female
Entity Type: Individual
Location Address: MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CTR 9040 JACKSON AVE TACOMA, WA 98431
Location Phone: (253) 968-3903
Mailing Address: 9040 JACKSON AVENUE TACOMA, WA 98431
Mailing Phone: (253) 968-3903
Is Sole Proprietor?: Yes
Enumeration Date: 02-21-2006
Last Update Date: 03-13-2024
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A pharmacist like Helen Booth fills prescription medications, verifying instructions from physicians and offers expertise in the safe use of prescriptions. Pharmacists instruct patients on how to take a prescribed medicine and educate patients about potential side effects. Pharmacists might also conduct health and wellness screenings, provide immunizations, oversee the medications given to patients, and provide advice on healthy lifestyles.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: Pharmacist Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Taxonomy Code: 1835P0018X
Type: Pharmacy Service Providers
License No.: PH00018127
License State: WA
Taxonomy Description: Pharmacist Clinician/Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is a pharmacist with additional training and an expanded scope of practice that may include prescriptive authority, therapeutic management, and disease management.

Secondary Taxonomies

The provider has reported to the NPI enumerator additional taxonomy codes. Multiple taxonomy codes may represent subspecialties or other areas of specialization the provider maybe licensed to practice.

No.	Taxonomy Code	Type	Classification / Specialization	License No. (State)
1	183500000X	Pharmacy Service Providers	Pharmacist	PH00018127 (WA)

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1508831850, we treat the final digit (0) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 60. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (60 - 60 = 0).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 0

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 2

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 0 → 0 8 → 16 → 7 1 → 2 5 → 10 → 1

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 5 + 0 + 8 + 1 + 6 + 3 + 2 + 8 + 1 + 0 + 24 = 60

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 60 is 60. The difference is the calculated check digit.

60 - 60 = 0

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 0, which matches the last digit of 1508831850.