Renown Pharmacy Introduces New Program: Medications to Go
29 de julio de 2020
Renown's Medications to Go program offers time-savings and convenience for patients and their families.
It can be difficult leaving the hospital after a stay. Learning and understanding detailed care instructions and settling in to a new routine, can be an overwhelming experience for both patients and their caregivers. Plus, there’s the added inconvenience of visiting the pharmacy to pick up prescribed medications.
Because it is so inconvenient, one-third of these prescriptions never reach the patient, and remain in a basket at the pharmacy, awaiting pick-up. Because the patient never takes their medication, recovery time can take longer, and in some cases, the patient goes without the needed medications and may be readmitted to the hospital.
To make the process more convenient for patients and their families, Renown Pharmacy now offers a new Medications to Go program.
Patients can now receive Medications to Go at Renown hospitals. Opting in when they arrive, and the day they leave, their medication will be hand-delivered to them in their room by a member of Renown’s pharmacy team, along with medication counseling by a Renown pharmacist. There is no additional cost for patients to use this service aside from their normal medication copays.
“Medications to Go is another example of how we are using new approaches to deliver an excellent patient and customer experience, and helping people choose, access, experience and prefer Renown Health providers and hospitals,” said Tony Slonim, MD, DrPH, president and CEO of Renown. “We want to help our patients on their journey to health and wellness.”
The Renown Pharmacy team has been recognized for several national best practice programs. Un programa piloto similar demostró una reducción del 25 % en las tasas de reincidencia hospitalaria para los pacientes con seguro de Medicaid, lo que enfatizó la necesidad del servicio para todos los pacientes en todas las ubicaciones hospitalarias de Renown. Desde 1ro de junio de 2020, Medicamentos para llevar ha estado disponible para todos los pacientes en Renown Regional Medical Center, Renown South Meadows Medical Center y Renown Rehabilitation Hospital.
“Hemos surtido más de 1,600 recetas a través del programa hasta la fecha”, dijo Adam Porath, doctor en farmacia, y director interino de Renown. “Patients are very happy – especially new moms and parents of our youngest patients at Renown Children’s Hospital.”
Acerca de Renown Health
Renown Health is the region’s largest, locally owned and governed, not-for-profit integrated healthcare network serving Nevada, Lake Tahoe and northeast California. Con una fuerza laboral diversa de más de 7,000 empleados, Renown ha fomentado una cultura de excelencia, determinación e innovación de larga data. La organización se compone de un centro de urgencias, dos hospitales de cuidados agudos, un hospital infantil, un hospital de rehabilitación, un grupo médico y una red de atención de urgencias y Hometown Health, la compañía de seguros sin fines de lucro más grande de la región y de propiedad local, Hometown Health. Renown’s institute model addresses social determinants of health and includes: Child Health, Behavioral Health & Addiction, Healthy Aging and Health Innovation. Clinical institutes include: Cancer, Heart and Vascular Heath, Neurosciences and Robotic Surgery. Actualmente, Renown está inscribiendo participantes en el estudio genético de salud poblacional basado en la comunidad más grande del mundo, el Healthy Nevada Project®. Visite renown.org para obtener más información.