Please take some time to listen to an interview I did with the Health Care Insider Radio Show on Thursday, October 24th, 2014. The notes below were writen by Todd Youngblood with the Health Care Insider Radio Talk Show, who conducted the interview along with Gina D’Aiello, Regional Clinical Liaison for BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy.
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The notion of an “interventional” pharmacy was one unfamiliar to me. After discussing it though, why would a clinician want it any other way? Bill Cook, Vice President of Sales for BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy steps us through how the specialty pharmacy world is responding to the changing demands in healthcare.
BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy provides high-touch services and specialty pharmaceuticals for patients with chronic diseases such as bleeding disorders, hepatitis, cancer, and many other conditions.
SHOW NOTES:
- Aspects of leadership style essential to success in the specialty pharmacy business
- Issues addressed and problems solved by specialty pharmacy
- The very challenging process of effectively administering complex pharmaceuticals to patients with complex issues
- Dealing with cost issues is tough – even for patients in a relatively good financial position.
- The 2-hour guarantee that gets met 95% of the time (…and for that 5%, “pay-it-forward” applies)
- How to increase the rates of adherence and compliance and how that has such huge positive clinical impact
- Why an “interventional” pharmacy is important