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Celebrating Our Nurses

As we celebrate Nurses Week, one of our nurses, Shanna, provides unique insight into how she adjusted to the new challenges she faced amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. As a nurse…

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Patient Safety and the Role of a Specialty Pharmacist in a Health System
The specialty pharmacist has a unique role in medication safety. Not only are they responsible for ensuring safe, effective, appropriate use of specialty medications—and ensuring that the patient is educated on their therapy and can be adherent—but they also play a strong role in promoting a positive safety culture within their pharmacy setting.
ExceleraRx, LLC Supports Careers in Health System Specialty Pharmacy with Virtual Residency Rotation 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

ExceleraRx, LLC Supports Careers in Health System Specialty Pharmacy with Virtual Residency Rotation
The Excelera® Residency Rotation is designed for pharmacists in residency programs affiliated with Excelera Network members. Attendees will learn about integrated specialty pharmacy, Excelera and the Excelera Network, and explore a variety of topics intended to provide pharmacy and administrative residents perspective on different aspects of health system specialty pharmacy (HSSP). The virtual program consists of four, one-hour sessions which include interactive experiences with thought leaders in HSSP as well as the opportunity to present research.
Shields Health Solutions Announces Strategic Sponsorship of ASHP’s Specialty Pharmacy Future Directions Summit 321 157 Shields Health Solutions

Shields Health Solutions Announces Strategic Sponsorship of ASHP’s Specialty Pharmacy Future Directions Summit

STOUGHTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Shields Health Solutions, the leading health system specialty pharmacy integrator in the country, announces its sponsorship of the upcoming ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) Specialty Pharmacy State…

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Meet HOSP: The Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacy Alliance

Much like us at Shields Health Solutions, the fully integrated specialty pharmacies market is growing rapidly. It became clear that there needed to be a trade organization committed to advocating…

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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.
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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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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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Developing and Launching a New Home Infusion Program
With its ambulatory infusion centers at capacity and payers pressing for alternate sites of care, OHSU engaged with Excelera Home Infusion Solutions to help launch a home infusion pharmacy. Patients and providers are very satisfied, and growth has been robust.
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Building the Business Case for In-house Specialty Pharmacy
To support the capital expenditure request for building a specialty pharmacy, Excelera was engaged to develop a pro forma based on Loma Linda-specific data. Subsequently, Excelera provided expertise in building out the space and successfully implementing the specialty pharmacy program.