In a recent Cardinal Health blog, Terry Copeland, Product Leader – Outpatient Pharmacy Solutions for Cardinal Health outlines three benefits of investing in a hospital-based, outpatient retail pharmacy.
Editor’s Note: This blog originally appeared on Cardinal Health’s website.
Evolving healthcare trends are driving hospitals and health systems to consider new strategies that deliver high-quality patient care, improve overall patient outcomes and generate new sources of revenue. Services and strategies involving transitions of care from the hospital to alternate sites of care help achieve many of these goals while also reducing costs, creating new revenue streams and increasing patient satisfaction. Investing in a hospital-based, outpatient retail pharmacy helps improve transitions of care by extending the reach of the hospital, bridging gaps in patient care, establishing new revenue streams, and reducing the overall cost of care. An outpatient retail pharmacy can also provide a way to decrease employee prescription benefit costs for the hospital and improve medication compliance and adherence for their most valuable asset — their employees. Click here to continue >>
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