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Specialty Pharmacy Rotations Address Education Gaps, Expand Career Horizons 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

Specialty Pharmacy Rotations Address Education Gaps, Expand Career Horizons
Specialty Pharmacy Times, a bi-monthly journal and daily news website serving the business and practice of specialty pharmaceuticals and therapy, has expanded its Strategic Alliance Partnership program with the addition of the Excelera Specialty Pharmacy Network, a unique national network of academic institutions and large integrated delivery systems-based specialty pharmacies providing coordinated care to drive higher quality outcomes with complex patients.
Shields Health Solutions, UCHealth Partner to Give Patients With Complex Chronic Illnesses Access to More Affordable Medications and New Pharmacy Services With No Added Costs 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Shields Health Solutions, UCHealth Partner to Give Patients With Complex Chronic Illnesses Access to More Affordable Medications and New Pharmacy Services With No Added Costs

AURORA, Colo. & STOUGHTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–UCHealth patients with complex, chronic conditions now have access to specialized pharmacy services to help lower costs, expand treatment options, enhance medication management and improve…

JAMA Network Open Reports Specialty Pharmacy Partnership Between Shields Health Solutions and UMass Memorial Medical Center Yields Significant Reduction in Total Cost of Care for Patients Filling Prescriptions at Hospital Pharmacy 843 317 Shields Health Solutions

JAMA Network Open Reports Specialty Pharmacy Partnership Between Shields Health Solutions and UMass Memorial Medical Center Yields Significant Reduction in Total Cost of Care for Patients Filling Prescriptions at Hospital Pharmacy
An article published n the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open, a three-year study (2016-2018) revealed that patients living with chronic illnesses such as cancer, transplants, rheumatoid arthritis, and other diseases were associated with significantly lower total medical expenditure when filling their prescriptions at the hospital’s own specialty pharmacy, rather than using an outside specialty pharmacy.
Health-System Specialty Pharmacies Address Social Determinants of Health 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

Health-System Specialty Pharmacies Address Social Determinants of Health

By Jami Schell, PharmD, CSP; Lana Gerzenshtein, PharmD, BCPS, CSP; and Tim Paine Defined as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age,”1 the impact of…

ExceleraRx Corp.’s Holt and Schell to Present at InformaConnect IDN BioPharma Summit 2020 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

ExceleraRx Corp.’s Holt and Schell to Present at InformaConnect IDN BioPharma Summit 2020

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, October 1, 2020 —Excelera®, the company behind the Excelera Network, announced today that Meredith Holt, National Vice President of Health System Partnerships will present at the IDN BioPharma Summit…

ACHC and ExceleraRx Corp. Renew Partnership to Advance Pharmacies 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

ACHC and ExceleraRx Corp. Renew Partnership to Advance Pharmacies

ACHC announces the renewal of its partnership with ExceleraRx Corp. | Pharmacies in the Excelera® Network will receive special pricing on ACHC Pharmacy Accreditation and discounts on educational resources that can…

Chartwell Pennsylvania, LP, Affiliated with UPMC d/b/a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Joins the Excelera Network to Optimize Specialty Pharmacy and Home Infusion Services 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Chartwell Pennsylvania, LP, Affiliated with UPMC d/b/a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Joins the Excelera Network to Optimize Specialty Pharmacy and Home Infusion Services

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, September 17, 2020 — Chartwell Pennsylvania, LP has partnered with Excelera®, the company behind the Excelera Network, to further optimize its specialty pharmacy and home infusion services, improve…

COVID Jump-Starts Cancer Care at Home 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

COVID Jump-Starts Cancer Care at Home

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the country and hospitals reduced in-person visits to a bare minimum, health systems—such as Partners Healthcare, M Health Fairview and Northwestern—worked to ensure that…

ExceleraRx Corp.’s Polan to Present at Fairview Pharmacy Symposium 2020 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

ExceleraRx Corp.’s Polan to Present at Fairview Pharmacy Symposium 2020

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 15, 2020 — Excelera®, the company behind the Excelera Network, announced today that Troy Polan, acting CEO and Chief Technology Officer, will present at the Fairview Pharmacy Symposium…

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…