Key to creating a differentiated retail pharmacy is offering services that improve patients' experiences and assist the clinical staff's ability to manage recovery, adds Marolt. One example is to focus on the needs of patients who are engaged in specialized drug therapy programs, which are estimated to account for nearly 12 percent of the total pharmaceutical market. Other areas of focus might include oncology, home and ambulatory infusion, and medication therapy management.
About Alegent Health
Alegent Health is the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care system in Nebraska and southwestern Iowa with nine acute care hospitals, more than 100 sites of service, over 1,300 physicians on its medical staff and roughly 8,600 employees. Alegent Health is making health care better with an exceptional commitment to quality and by providing patient focused care for the body, mind and spirit of every person consistent with its faith-based mission. Alegent Health continues the health ministry begun by its sponsors, Catholic Health Initiatives and Immanuel Health Systems, more than a hundred years ago. At Alegent Health, patients and their families find a continuum of care, from women's and children's services, primary care, wellness counseling, and senior care to cardiovascular services, orthopaedics, oncology, physical rehabilitation, home care and behavioral health.
About Fairview Pharmacy Services
Fairview Pharmacy Services, a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based Fairview
Health Services, is a national provider of pharmacy-related services for
consumers, insurance companies, corporations, health systems, providers,
clinics and pharmaceutical companies. In addition to retail and hospital
pharmacies, FPS offer a wide range of service programs designed to optimize
health
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