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Cancer patients, caregivers benefit with integrated clinic-to-pharmacy care through Prime Therapeutics’ IntegratedRx™ – Oncology 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Cancer patients, caregivers benefit with integrated clinic-to-pharmacy care through Prime Therapeutics’ IntegratedRx™ – Oncology

Helping improve a member’s cancer care journey through coordinated care approach a cornerstone to putting the patient first, driving better quality, reducing drug costs, and improving medication adherence

Health-System Specialty Pharmacy Built to Evolve 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Health-System Specialty Pharmacy Built to Evolve

Growing demand for specialty care, shifting prescriber habits, and new reimbursement models have forced stakeholders to adjust practices to optimize patient outcomes.

Walgreens To Buy $970M Majority Stake In Specialty Pharmacy Developer 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Walgreens To Buy $970M Majority Stake In Specialty Pharmacy Developer

Walgreens Boots Alliance is investing $970 million for a majority stake in a specialty pharmacy company that works with hospitals and health systems to set up and run their own…

Walgreens Boots Alliance Makes Majority Investment in Shields Health Solutions, Expanding Position in Fast-Growing Specialty Pharmacy Market 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Walgreens Boots Alliance Makes Majority Investment in Shields Health Solutions, Expanding Position in Fast-Growing Specialty Pharmacy Market

DEERFIELD, Ill. & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) and Shields Health Solutions today announced that WBA, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Walgreen Co., is making a majority investment in…

Walgreens Boots takes a controlling stake in Shields Health Solutions 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Walgreens Boots takes a controlling stake in Shields Health Solutions

The company will pay $970 million to increase its ownership of the Stoughton-based specialty pharmacy company to 71 percent

How Health System Specialty Pharmacy Can Be An Engine for Improving Health Equity 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

How Health System Specialty Pharmacy Can Be An Engine for Improving Health Equity

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the urgency of addressing health equity and the role of social determinants of health (SDoH) in health disparities. The dynamism and growth of the specialty…

Health System-Based Specialty Pharmacy Offers Unique Advantages in HIV Care 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Health System-Based Specialty Pharmacy Offers Unique Advantages in HIV Care

Specialty pharmacists’ roles have grown in new and exciting ways in recent years, and those changes have directly impacted health outcomes for all specialty patients, including patients with HIV.

Strategies Health Systems With Integrated Specialty Pharmacy Use to Support Complex Patients 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Strategies Health Systems With Integrated Specialty Pharmacy Use to Support Complex Patients

As the ongoing shift to value-based care inspires health care providers to maximize efficiency, health systems with an integrated specialty pharmacy have established a model that can address specific inefficiencies…

Excelera® and Aptitude Health Offer New Specialty Pharmacy Focused Educational Resources for Cancer Care 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Excelera® and Aptitude Health Offer New Specialty Pharmacy Focused Educational Resources for Cancer Care

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Excelera®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shields Health Solutions and the company behind the Excelera Network, announced today a new specialty pharmacy-focused educational offering in partnership with Aptitude Health, which provides critical insights…

Eight Shields Health Solutions Partner Pharmacists and Four Excelera Network Pharmacists Receive Exclusive “Certified Specialty Pharmacist” Accreditation 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Eight Shields Health Solutions Partner Pharmacists and Four Excelera Network Pharmacists Receive Exclusive “Certified Specialty Pharmacist” Accreditation

BOSTON & MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Specialty pharmacy integrator Shields Health Solutions and Excelera®, a wholly owned subsidiary of a subsidiary of Shields and the company behind the Excelera Network, today announced that eight Shields partner…