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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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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…

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Getting Medications to a Patient During COVID-19

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison – For the past two weeks I have been assisting the hospital pharmacy with medication deliveries during COVID-19. Every morning I begin work at 7:30…

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Acts of Kindness During COVID-19

When a crisis occurs, the unsettling events surrounding it are sometimes explained in a way that reflects the true nature of kindness in all of us. “Rather than focus only…

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Drug Theft Solved by Pharmacy Team

From a Specialty Pharmacy Liaison – A patient called me Wednesday morning in a panic. He hadn’t received his shipment of Hepatitis C medication and he was going run out…

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A Guiding Light, After Our Diagnosis

From a Hospital Specialty Pharmacy Patient – Today, I’d like to share my experience as a parent whose child is a patient of your specialty liaison, Jonathan. After sharing my…

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A Frantic Call, A Patient Saved

From a Pharmacy Liaison – Last Friday evening I received an urgent call at 4:45 pm from a patient who was not eligible to fill her prescription at our hospital…