Patient IO Blog Can Your Specialty Pharmacy Answer These Four Questions?

Specialty pharmacies are experts at dealing with the complex. Complex health conditions, complex drugs, and complex payment models are the cornerstones of the industry. However, when it comes to answering simple questions about the care patients are actually receiving, specialty pharmacies struggle. Answering simple questions requires visibility into a complex delivery model that includes distributors, physicians, caregivers, payers, and finally, patients. Today, a solution that puts everyone on the same page is painfully absent. Paper treatment plans and basic software applications provide only one-directional information about patient care. When it comes to creating better patient outcomes or providing manufacturers with information to improve their products, siloed, unactionable is of little help. Leading specialty pharmacies are looking for new technology solutions to differentiate their services to their payer and manufacturer partners. Unlocking new ways to stand out against the competition and improve the bottom line may require going back to basics. Questions with a big impact for specialty pharmacies: 1. Did the drug get delivered? When caregivers use a mobile app to track drug administration, doctors can see that the drugs they prescribed were actually delivered to the patient. This makes it easier to predict when refills will be needed and schedule the next round [...]The post Can Your Specialty Pharmacy Answer These Four Questions? appeared first on Patient IO.