From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison - A patient called me Wednesday morning in a panic. He hadn’t received his shipment of Hepatitis C medication and he was going run out in just two days. A two- or three-day lapse would likely mean he wasn’t[...]
From a Hospital Specialty Pharmacy Patient - Today, I’d like to share my experience as a parent whose child is a patient of your specialty liaison, Jonathan. After sharing my 15-year-old son’s healthcare story at a support group meeting one[...]
From a Pharmacy Liaison - Last Friday evening I received an urgent call at 4:45 pm from a patient who was not eligible to fill her prescription at our hospital pharmacy. Her insurance required her to fill her prescription at a mail order[...]
From Our Clinical Pharmacy Team - Everyone living with a chronic condition, and everyone who loves someone with one, has been paying close attention to the news about Coronavirus. It’s alarming, pervasive and headline grabbing. At the same time[...]
From a Hospital Specialty Pharmacy Patient Advocate - One of my patients called at 9:41 am on a Friday regarding her Tecfidera® prescription. She told me she was completely out of her medication and was urgently trying to fill the prescription[...]
From a Shields Clinical Pharmacist - Before calling patients, we spend a good amount of time reviewing their charts, labs and medications to ensure we have a good understanding of past medical history. Recently I was reviewing the health history[...]
From a Specialty Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacist - During a routine follow up call with my patient, Evangelina, she reported that she was in significant pain. She wasn’t sure if the pain was from the cancer or the chemotherapy medication, and she[...]
From a clinic physician - Just before medication therapy was about to begin, Dr. Duplasee discovered that health insurance would not cover the $130,000 cost of growth hormone she prescribed her patient, Lisa. With no options for alternative[...]
From the pharmacy team: We have a patient in our hospital clinic who is prohibited by her insurance from filling prescriptions with the hospital specialty pharmacy. We call that “insurance lockout.” So the patient has to fill her prescriptions[...]
From the Pharmacy Team: One of our clinic patients is a Veteran dealing with two serious, chronic conditions. A few months ago he was first treated for compression fractures in his back and had surgery planned. Before his surgery took place,[...]
