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WEBINAR: Solutions To Financial Toxicity In Specialty Pharmacy

Last year Shields raised more than $400 million in financial assistance for patients being treated at our partners' health system clinics. In this webinar we're showing you how you can do the same for your health system's patients. Shields very[...]

Patient Care Unlike Any Other

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison - I recently received a call late in the day from the mother of one of our growth hormone patients saying her mail-order pharmacy was giving her a hard time about processing her daughter's next medication delivery.[...]

Out Of This World Care

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison:  On Thursday I received an urgent call from the wife of a current specialty pharmacy patient. She explained she had to retire early, forcing her to change health insurance providers. Because she depends on a[...]

Getting a Patient Out of Insurance Limbo

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison - Recently we had a patient who was prescribed a Limited Distribution Drug (LDD) by one of our Infectious Disease providers. Unfortunately, the medication was not available through the patient's local pharmacy and[...]

Looking For Red Flags

From a Specialty Pharmacy Pharmacist - A 2-year-old with a late-stage rare blood cancer started his last line therapy and filled the medication at our hospital specialty pharmacy. The on-site dispensing pharmacist team brought this to my[...]

Specialty Pharmacy Bridging The Gaps in Care

This week's Care Corner story is an appreciation letter we received from a patient's wife expressing how grateful she is for her husband's Specialty Pharmacy Liaison and the exceptional care she has provided to their family:"We are writing to you[...]

Putting Patients In charge Of Their Care

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison - While reviewing a patient’s new outpatient oral chemotherapy regimen, I noticed she seemed relieved to have our additional assistance here in the hospital's specialty pharmacy. When I reached further into her[...]

Managing Mental Health

From a Specialty Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacist - I called one of our oncology patients for a regularly scheduled follow-up when she shared she had been struggling with her emotions and anxiety, and had difficulty getting an appointment with various[...]

A Patients Fertility Coverage Journey

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison - My patient's journey through infertility treatments started months ago. When it came time for her second round of medications she discovered her insurance plan had changed, leaving her without coverage for her[...]

Making Medications More Affordable

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison - A patient who receives her medication through the hospital specialty pharmacy and also gets a monthly infusion as part of her therapy called concerned about the bills she was getting from the hospital. It showed[...]

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