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New Drugs and the Opportunity for Integrated Care in the Healthcare Industry 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

New Drugs and the Opportunity for Integrated Care in the Healthcare Industry

This article was originally published by the Forbes Business Council on August 18, 2023. Scientific discovery’s rapid pace has led to a constant drumbeat of new drugs entering the market,…

How Specialty Pharmacy Can Support Value-Based Care and Population Health 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

How Specialty Pharmacy Can Support Value-Based Care and Population Health

This white paper discusses how expanding integrated health system specialty pharmacy can be an impactful tool that health systems can leverage to improve their performance under value-based care contracts.
Pharmacist Based Coaching Within a Specialty Diabetes Center Improved Outcomes for Uncontrolled Diabetes 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Pharmacist Based Coaching Within a Specialty Diabetes Center Improved Outcomes for Uncontrolled Diabetes

This poster spotlights our collaboration with UMass Memorial Health and the innovative Diabetes Care Coach program. Our certified diabetes educators and clinical pharmacists provide integrated counseling to high-risk diabetes patients.

Impact of a Pharmacy Liaison-Managed Care Model Within a Health System on Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Impact of a Pharmacy Liaison-Managed Care Model Within a Health System on Clinical and Economic Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes

This research poster explores how the implementation of a pharmacy liaison-managed diabetes care model is associated with positive patients outcomes, including high PDC, HbA1c reductions, time to therapy initiation, and…

Managing Social Determinants of Health With the Diabetes Care Coach Program 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Managing Social Determinants of Health With the Diabetes Care Coach Program

Many diabetes patients face challenges related to social determinants of health (SDOH), non-medical factors that impact patients’ health, medication use, and health outcomes. Food and housing insecurity, unemployment, and budget…

How Specialty Pharmacy Can Address and Impact Social Determinants of Health 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

How Specialty Pharmacy Can Address and Impact Social Determinants of Health

Social determinants of health can become barriers to patients receiving adequate health care and are drivers of most health outcomes.
Celebrating Case Management Blog 1024 576 Shields Health Solutions

Celebrating Case Management Blog

Case managers are an integral part of healthcare and patient care, and case management is a collaborative process to help patients and families navigate care coordination. Case managers meet with…

Pharmacy Liaison-Managed Care Model in Diabetes 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Pharmacy Liaison-Managed Care Model in Diabetes

This poster examines a diabetes care model led by a pharmacy liaison, demonstrating its benefits: improved medication adherence, lower HbA1c levels, faster therapy initiation, and reduced copays. The findings suggest…

How Specialty Pharmacy Can Drive Better Outcomes in Diabetes 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

How Specialty Pharmacy Can Drive Better Outcomes in Diabetes

This white paper explores the benefits of applying a high-touch specialty pharmacy care model, such as the Shields Diabetes Care Program, in reducing HbA1c levels and providing other clinical and…

Key Takeaways from two Diabetes Conferences Shields Health Solutions Attended 1012 675 Shields Health Solutions

Key Takeaways from two Diabetes Conferences Shields Health Solutions Attended

Two big diabetes clinical conferences – the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Annual Meeting and the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Annual Clinical Conference – took place in May and,…