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Value of Shields to Health Systems

Shields partners with health system leaders to transform their specialty pharmacies into powerful growth engines and measurably improve patient outcomes throughout their health systems.

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 The Benefit of Embedded Pharmacists for Patients with HIV

We recently interviewed Dr. Ryan Kates, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP, and Clinical Pharmacist from Northwestern Medicine Specialty Pharmacy. Dr. Kates works as an embedded pharmacist in an HIV clinic five days…

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One Survivor’s Story and How She Pays It Forward

June 7 marks National Cancer Survivors Day. In today’s Care Corner Blog, we feature one of our own pharmacy liaisons who bravely defeated cancer and now assists those in the Shields…

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How The Shields Care Model Supports Mental Health

The concerns surrounding mental health have never been greater and this Mental Health Awareness Month, we showcase how we support the whole person in our integrated care model through the…

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Exploring Patient Safety and the Role of a Specialty Pharmacist

The specialty pharmacist has a unique role in medication safety. Due to the high-touch, high-risk nature of specialty medications, the pharmacies that handle them must incorporate robust programs to ensure proper…

More Health Systems, More Data, More Access: Bridging Divides Among Specialty Pharmacy Stakeholders for the Benefit of Complex Patients 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

More Health Systems, More Data, More Access: Bridging Divides Among Specialty Pharmacy Stakeholders for the Benefit of Complex Patients
Drug manufacturers, payers and high-performing health system specialty pharmacies can leverage the size, scope and scale of a partner like Excelera to create efficiencies and improve the care of complex patients. Among the topics in this white paper:
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Shields Health Solutions is acquiring ExceleraRx
Shields Health Solutions is acquiring ExceleraRx, the companies announced today. The combined entity will be a specialty pharmacy powerhouse that will serve more 60 health systems and academic medical centers and 700 hospitals that “account for the opportunity of $30 billion in specialty pharmacy revenue,” says the press release about the acquisition.
Continuing Trends, Unexpected Changes: Optimizing Specialty Pharmacy in a New Environment 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Continuing Trends, Unexpected Changes: Optimizing Specialty Pharmacy in a New Environment

This white paper describes the growth of health system specialty pharmacy in recent years, acknowledges the disruption caused by COVID-19, and discusses opportunities to optimize specialty pharmacy with data-driven solutions,…

Excelera Network Welcomes Rush University Medical Center to Optimize and Innovate Specialty Pharmacy Services 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Excelera Network Welcomes Rush University Medical Center to Optimize and Innovate Specialty Pharmacy Services

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, December 21, 2020 — Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) has partnered with Excelera®, the company behind the Excelera Network, making it the second Excelera Network member in the…

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Finding a PBM niche partner may be the best employee benefit strategy in 2021

Stability begets stagnation COVID-19 has left many companies feeling unstable this year, which has companies seeking stability through the deferral of employee benefit decisions to 2021 or beyond. For example,…