Insights

The facts on Medicare Open Enrollment, a helpful guide for pharmacists and their patients.

Political advocacy can be intimidating, but it doesn’t need to be. Here are a few tips to help you get started.

Pharmacists can build stronger patient relationships, increase medication adherence and build lasting brand loyalty by initiating routine phone calls to share information. Done well, an automated outbound communication system can send messages on behalf of the pharmacist in a personal and authentic way.

An integrated inventory management system can play an important role in helping specialty practices address expectations and cater to a millennial patient demographic.

Executive Q&A: How shifting coverage for some drugs from Medicare Part B to Part D could impact access and affordability for patients.

An annual influenza vaccination is the best protection against the flu virus. Some patients however, are still skeptical. Continue to educate patients on the importance of getting vaccinated. And for those that need a little extra motivation, remind them of what they could miss out on this holiday season.

Explore what is in store for the future of ambulatory pharmacy. Download the Ambulatory Pharmacy Outlook for Health Systems 2018 report to discover opportunities for health system leaders to fully leverage ambulatory pharmacy to improve revenue and enhance the patient experience.

Physician practices can leverage integrated inventory management systems to create a more user-friendly experience for patients that improves engagement, increases adherence and facilitates better outcomes.

Now is the time to encourage patients to receive an annual flu shot. Start engaging patients in a conversation about the importance of this vaccine and keep your community healthy during this flu season.

Modern inventory management systems are far more than fancy medication cabinets. They've been re-imagined for modern medicine, where complex and expensive pharmaceuticals often prove key to better outcomes at lower costs.

A look at how health systems can stem the tide of rising pharmacy costs with a consolidated distribution model.

Learn how the right specialty pharmacy can offer value-added services for physician practices and patients.

The primary benefits of consolidated distribution, and what health systems need to know before getting started.

While suppliers are making fewer pre-packaged unit dose treatments available, health system pharmacies still have options for acquiring them. Learn which is best.

How health systems can gain the benefits of a centralized distribution model without the excessive capital investment.

Ambulatory pharmacies have potential for expanding the health system's role in patient care. Learn four key ways ambulatory pharmacies are driving health system success.

Can health systems implement self-distribution without the capital investment in freestanding warehouse space? Yes.

What challenges does the increased demand for care coordination create for health system specialty pharmacies and what opportunities does it present for demonstrating value?

How hospitals and health systems are leveraging patient assistance programs to ease the financial burden of caring for under- and un-insured patients.

How an innovative program efficiently and affordably connects patients with cutting-edge care and practices with elusive research opportunities

Learn how immunizations present an opportunity for additional pharmacy revenue and enhanced patient care.

By enhancing existing infrastructure and core assets with emerging technologies, pharmacy can be a driving force in an impactful population health management initiative.

Four key health system trends and the opportunities they present for pharmacy.

How an effective meds-to-beds program and robust data analytics can improve care continuity and lower readmissions for successful value-based care.

Learn about the unique opportunities pharmacies have to lower drug costs, increase revenue and improve the patient experience.

Analytics is trending in transitional care, with impressive results for high-risk patients.

Five ways that oncology practices can optimize their operations and avoid financial strain.

How pharmacy can drive revenue and standardization after a merger.

What opportunities does the shift to fee-for-value present for health system pharmacies?

A look at the trends and growth of cancer care alongside the critical considerations health systems need to weigh as they look to deliver the highest quality and most cost effective care in oncology.

How pharmacies can take action now.

Tom Mullin, President of Community and Specialty Pharmacy at AmerisourceBergen, shares how pharmacies are using data to improve interactions with patients.

A look at the trends and growth of cancer care alongside the critical considerations health systems need to weigh as they look to deliver the highest quality.

Six major drivers are changing how hospitals aim to improve the quality of care while controlling costs, but they're also potential opportunities for the health system pharmacy. This infographic explores exactly how those trends impact the pharmacy.

What does it really take to build, operate and evolve the health system’s ambulatory care model?

Leveraging data to get the total drug purchasing picture.

Does the C-Suite really know the value of ambulatory pharmacy?

Medication synchronization, the process of coordinating all of a patient’s chronic medications to be filled at the same time each month, is the most valuable program for patients and staff I’ve ever implemented in my flagship store, Moundsville Pharmacy in Moundsville, West Virginia.

How greater collaboration between oncologists and pharmacists can drive patient-centered solutions to improve adherence.

The advantages of buying from one source.

How prepackaged unit dose medications can increase safety and efficiency while lowering risk and costs for America’s hospitals

How a strong medication reconciliation program can generate benefits that go far beyond safety.

While health systems are finding significant benefits when it comes to offering the ambulatory pharmacy benefit, success depends on proper planning in three important areas.

Health systems implementing in-house, outpatient pharmacies as part of their strategy for addressing care transitions, are also leveraging the ambulatory pharmacy to improve their employee drug