All-Saving Opportunities: Case Study

As a pharmacist I would ask them to determine if their doctor has an emergency after hour’s line that I can call for a prescription. I could also require the patient to bring their prescription bottle as verification for a few day supply emergency refill. Later, I would fax the doctor’s office for a new prescription. When I receive the prescription I would subtract the emergency supply from the quantity to fill.

Goal three by the National Patient Safety Goal for 2014 is to use medicines safely. Many errors occur regularly with medications which is why communication is so important with the doctors, nurses and patients. One process that Joint Commission requires in accredited HCO’s is medication reconciliation “creating the most accurate list possible off all medications a patient is taking, including drug name, dosage, frequency, and route, and comparing that list against the physician’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge orders with the goal of providing correct medications to the patients at all transition points within the hospital (Finkelman & Kenner, 2012, p. 388)”. Ensuring medication reconciliation to the patient, health providers and any new consults that are

For contract pharmacies, the 340B guidelines state the following: “The guidelines provide that the covered entity will verify, using the contractor’s (readily retrievable) customary business records, that a tracking system exists which will ensure that drugs purchased under the Act are not diverted to individuals who are not patients of the covered entity. These records will be maintained for the period of time required by the State law and regulations.” Entities are advised that in many instances, other insurance programs require much longer maintenance of records (i.e., Medicaid/Medicare).

Right Drug: Check that these are the medicines that are on the person’s Medicine Administration Record (MAR).

* The National Technical Information Service, Drug Enforcement Agency or Controlled Substance Registration, as confirmation that the doctor is authorized to write prescriptions

Endless Opportunities is a 501c3 non-profit organization located in the heart of Grand Rapids, MI. The organization was founded to provide life changing experiences to people of all races, genders, and backgrounds. The goal is to enhance the community by giving back and providing opportunities to those in need. These experiences will be informational, educational, and physical to help promote overall health in body, mind, and soul. This helps guide the mission providing communities with both beneficial and empowering experiences that will encourage our society to take strides in a positive direction. Ultimately leading the vision of educating individuals in today’s society to alter their mindset, improve academic efforts, and social behavior one experience at a time. Education and community engagement are two of the major cornerstones of Endless opportunities.

Two pt verifier name and dob confirmed. Pt is requesting her profile for her knees and left shoulder be renewed. Pt states that she is schedule for her MRI in Oct. Informed the pt that request be sent to her provider and will call her with his recommendations. Pt agrees and verbalizes

We have received your medication request. The Aspirin was ordered and is available for pick up in the clinic pharmacy. Also, the Linagliptin was ordered however please allow 5 business days to be notified by the pharmacy for when this med is ready for pick. As per our decision via phone you have three active refills on your testing strips.

No matter what company or the reason you are returning medication the beginning of the process is the same. To start you must remove the medications from the shelves. Next, you must go into the central inventory and remove the amount

With morphine 10mg/10ml on back order, we have switched to using morphine 2mg/ml. please save the leftover morphine 10mg / 10 ml for refilling the Omnicell for after-hours uses ( we currently

- Verify ""# of your prescriptions are ready to be refilled with OptumRx home delivery"" text on “Refill medications” section (Refillable Standard Medications + Specialty Medications)

According to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, “Medication reconciliation is the process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking — including drug name, dosage, frequency, and route — and comparing that list against the physician’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge orders” (Institute For Healthcare Improvement, n.d). This process includes three steps: collecting the medication history, ensuring that the medications and dosages are appropriate for the patient, and documenting the changes in the orders. This occurs when the patient is admitted, transferred and discharged from the hospital (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2011). The purpose is to avoid any duplications, incorrect

Also, should I have received a refill for the gabapentin?  I exhausted my supply after 30 days of usage.

Verify "BriovaRx" the dashboard experience for migrated member. Member has specialty refill and standard mail service refill medications on his profile.

Set-up and workflow of my pharmacy is pretty good for patient centered care. Patient does not have to wait too long for their prescriptions to be filled. Patients can call for their refills via telephone or online, which makes their life easy as they don’t have bother coming in-person for refills. Patient profile shows all medication history as well as number of refills remaining. This makes it easy for pharmacist to know whether to refill a prescription or call doctor for refill request. After confirming to fill a prescription pharmacist runs claim through insurance and print label after claim is successful. All medication is arranged alphabetically on shelves, thus it is easy and quick to retrieve. Then after technician fills medication and then pharmacist checks it. This workflow is quite smooth and quick to process. Final check is done by pharmacist, who confirms right medication for right patient as well as the NDC dispensed, amount dispensed, direction for use, and day supply. All these steps of process take place on working table in sequential order, which helps to reduce errors in filling and have effective prescription filling. Once the prescription is filled pharmacist do all paper