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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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COVID & Oncology – The Effects on Health System Specialty Pharmacies

This blog was written by Excelera, a Shields company. Two months ago, our blog discussed the potential impacts and areas of concern for health system specialty pharmacies and COVID. However,…

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Helping To Remove Barriers To Care

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison – This week I received a phone call from one of our Pedi-Endo patients’ mothers, whose daughter is on injection therapy. While our hospital partner’s…