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PAH Care Model Provides a Road Map for Rare Disease Treatment 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

PAH Care Model Provides a Road Map for Rare Disease Treatment

The Shields Health Solutions care model for helping pharmacies and providers treat patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) integrates a patient’s entire care team, and can be adopted to successfully…

New Drugs and the Opportunity for Integrated Care in the Healthcare Industry 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

New Drugs and the Opportunity for Integrated Care in the Healthcare Industry

This article was originally published by the Forbes Business Council on August 18, 2023. Scientific discovery’s rapid pace has led to a constant drumbeat of new drugs entering the market,…

How Specialty Pharmacy Can Support Value-Based Care and Population Health 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

How Specialty Pharmacy Can Support Value-Based Care and Population Health

This white paper discusses how expanding integrated health system specialty pharmacy can be an impactful tool that health systems can leverage to improve their performance under value-based care contracts.
Pharmacist Based Coaching Within a Specialty Diabetes Center Improved Outcomes for Uncontrolled Diabetes 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Pharmacist Based Coaching Within a Specialty Diabetes Center Improved Outcomes for Uncontrolled Diabetes

This poster spotlights our collaboration with UMass Memorial Health and the innovative Diabetes Care Coach program. Our certified diabetes educators and clinical pharmacists provide integrated counseling to high-risk diabetes patients.

Impact of a Comprehensive Educational Training Course for Non-Certified Pharmacy Technicians 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Impact of a Comprehensive Educational Training Course for Non-Certified Pharmacy Technicians

This poster examines how implementing a PTCE training course for non-certified pharmacy technicians resulted in positive outcomes, shown by the pass rate and feedback from participants.

Evolution of a Specialty Pharmacy Communities of Practice (CoP) Program, Enhancing Disease State Knowledge and Outcomes Across Divergent Disease States 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Evolution of a Specialty Pharmacy Communities of Practice (CoP) Program, Enhancing Disease State Knowledge and Outcomes Across Divergent Disease States

This poster examines how the CoP program improves disease state knowledge across the organization, leading to better patient outcomes through continuing education opportunities.

Achieving Accreditation of Health System Specialty Pharmacies Through a Standardized Method 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Achieving Accreditation of Health System Specialty Pharmacies Through a Standardized Method

This poster examines how implementing a standardized, collaborative method effectively facilitates specialty pharmacy accreditation, as shown by accreditation time and reaccreditation rate.

Promoting Morale of Remote Teams through Implementation of Clinical Services Social Committee 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Promoting Morale of Remote Teams through Implementation of Clinical Services Social Committee

This poster examines how concentrated efforts to boost team morale and unity positively impact clinical teams working in a remote environment, helping pharmacists unite and grow as a community.

Strengthening Company Culture Through Development of a Professional Mentorship Program 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Strengthening Company Culture Through Development of a Professional Mentorship Program

This poster explores how a professional mentorship program — such as Shields’ #ElevateMentorship program — strengthens company culture by building productive mentor-mentee relationships among coworkers and supporting personal and professional…

Creation of a Social Determinants of Health Screening and Intervention Framework within an Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacy Care Model 216 115 Shields Health Solutions

Creation of a Social Determinants of Health Screening and Intervention Framework within an Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacy Care Model

This research poster examines the challenges in implementing programs to address social determinants of health (SDOH) within the pharmacy sector. It highlights the effectiveness of the Shields care model and…