Specialty Pharmacy Compliance Issues and How To Fix Them
Critical Issues Affecting Today’s Specialty Pharmacies Part Three: Compliance Specialty pharmacy compliance requirements are contributing to employee burnout Everywhere we look lately, we’re seeing articles about stressed and overworked pharmacists. According to 1,020 respondents in a 2021 The Pharmaceutical Journal salary and job satisfaction survey, 25% said they felt “very stressed” at work. With too […]
Specialty Pharmacy Medication Tracking for Patients and Clinical Staff
Critical Issues Affecting Today’s Specialty Pharmacies Part Two: Visibility Specialty pharmacy medication tracking is key to patient safety and success “Where are my meds?”…. A question no pharmacist wants to hear from a patient, and one that is a direct result of not having specialty pharmacy medication tracking. Without visibility software, specialty pharmacists cannot confirm […]
The Issues and Opportunities With Specialty Pharmacy Distribution
Critical Issues Affecting Today’s Specialty Pharmacies Part One: Safety Specialty pharmacy distribution is an issue Do you know that in today’s specialty pharmacies, distribution errors outnumber dispensing errors by two to one? This is an unacceptable number, one that leads to patients not receiving their critical medications and often having to be re-admitted to the […]
Why CFOs Should Care About Specialty Pharmacy
If you’re trying to figure out why CFOs should care about specialty pharmacy, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a high-level overview: Specialty drugs are becoming more common, and their prices are increasing Cutting specialty pharmacy budgets can lead to patient leakage, leading to annual revenue loss Specialty pharmacy services empowers market growth during […]
Everybody’s Talking About Gold Bagging, but What Exactly Is It?
What is gold bagging? It stands to reason that something labeled “gold” meets a pretty high standard. Gold bagging, a new approach to delivering prescription drugs to patients, is the new hot topic in pharmacy right now. Maybe it would be easiest to understand in terms of the three other more commonly used types of […]
ASCs Should Be Prioritizing Staff Satisfaction. Here’s Why.
Why Surgery Centers Should Make Employee Well-Being a Priority With (hopefully) the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, many ASCs are trying to get back to 100% capacity. In the face of many industry challenges, surgery center staffing shortages remain at the forefront of these issues. In fact, Becker’s Healthcare recently reported ASC leaders […]
