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Pandemic Management Strategies for Patients With Cancer at an Academic Medical Center 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

Pandemic Management Strategies for Patients With Cancer at an Academic Medical Center

By Martha Stutsky, PharmD, BCPS; and Osama Abdelghany, PharmD, MHA, BCOP Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven Health System in Connecticut is 1 of 45 National Cancer Institute–designated comprehensive…

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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…

COVID-19 and the Impact on Oral Oncolytics: A Specialty Pharmacy Perspective 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

COVID-19 and the Impact on Oral Oncolytics: A Specialty Pharmacy Perspective

By Claudia S. Castro, PharmD, MS, BCOP, BCGP; and Amanda Manoogian, PharmD, BCOP The prevalence of individuals living with cancer continues to rise, largely because of an aging and growing…

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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…

ExceleraRx Corp.’s Gerzenshtein to Present at Vanderbilt Health-Systems Specialty Pharmacy Outcomes Research Summit 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

ExceleraRx Corp.’s Gerzenshtein to Present at Vanderbilt Health-Systems Specialty Pharmacy Outcomes Research Summit

Wolfe joins Excelera with significant experience in building strategic pharmaceutical manufacturer relationships for publicly traded and private organizations in the healthcare sector
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Complex Patient Data Platform Drives Business Intelligence

By Troy Polan, Acting CEO and CTO Sophisticated data capabilities set Excelera apart. Our Complex Patient Data Platform supports dashboards of critical as well as supplementary data for each health…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…