Technology companies, such as PipelineRx, employ a pool of pharmacists working remotely to do order verification and have been doing so for quite some time.
Interview with Dr. Neil Ratcliff and his role at PipelineRx as the Director of Pharmacy Support Services. He discusses how his clinical background and certificate programs helped position himself to be successful today.
Brian Roberts said in 2020 he expects the transition to thinking and deploying pharmacists in a more strategic way to continue.
As cardiac disease, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses rise worldwide, and as the population ages and the U.S. faces a predicted physician shortage, many health systems and health plans have embraced telemedicine as an option to grow their markets and continue care to patients remotely.
In observance of Antibiotic Awareness Week, we spoke with PipelineRx’s antimicrobial stewardship expert, Aviva Bodek, PharmD, BCPS, about her expertise in antibiotic use dating back to her time working as a critical care clinical pharmacist, where she witnessed the impact of infection control on patient outcomes.
A look at the patient experience benefits telepharmacy provides from the perspective of a nurse. It will cover the 5 Rs of medication management, staffing issues, patient safety initiatives, and access to clinical expertise.
Since our founding, we’ve been helping hospitals ensure 24/7 prospective medication order review, primarily during nights and weekends when many pharmacies were closed. Over time, we’ve seen our clients start to utilize our services in very creative ways. Some are more obvious, such as covering for an extended leave of absence, but others may surprise you.
As a telepharmacy client, you may not have thought much about our system integrating with your EHR. You already know that we built our software to help us manage fax and scanned orders as well as CPOE orders from a single source, and that our processes are patient-centric vs. med order driven.
As cardiac disease, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses rise worldwide, and as the population ages and the U.S. faces a predicted physician shortage, many health systems and health plans have embraced telemedicine as an option to grow their markets and continue care to patients remotely.
At the North Carolina Specialty Hospital in Durham, Director of Pharmacy Lindsay Burke has to balance the needs of patients with a limited pharmacy staff. On nights and weekends, she uses a telepharmacy service, offering on-demand access to pharmacists via telehealth not only to verify medication orders but to give patients a virtual link to specialists when needed.
