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Study Shows Shields Health Solutions Integrated Specialty Pharmacy Model Significantly Reduces Total Cost of Care 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Study Shows Shields Health Solutions Integrated Specialty Pharmacy Model Significantly Reduces Total Cost of Care

BOSTON, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the leading health system specialty pharmacy integrator, announced today the results of a joint study with Optum Advisory Services that…

Meet HOSP: The Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacy Alliance 1024 576 Shields Health Solutions

Meet HOSP: The Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacy Alliance

Much like us at Shields Health Solutions, the fully integrated specialty pharmacies market is growing rapidly. It became clear that there needed to be a trade organization committed to advocating…

JAMA Network Open Reports Specialty Pharmacy Partnership Between Shields Health Solutions and UMass Memorial Medical Center Yields Significant Reduction in Total Cost of Care for Patients Filling Prescriptions at Hospital Pharmacy 843 317 Shields Health Solutions

JAMA Network Open Reports Specialty Pharmacy Partnership Between Shields Health Solutions and UMass Memorial Medical Center Yields Significant Reduction in Total Cost of Care for Patients Filling Prescriptions at Hospital Pharmacy

STOUGHTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In an article published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2771388), a three-year study (2016-2018) revealed that patients living with chronic illnesses…

Shields Health Solutions Receives Equity Investments From Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Walgreen Co. 288 175 Shields Health Solutions

Shields Health Solutions Receives Equity Investments From Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and Walgreen Co.

STOUGHTON, Mass. & NEW YORK & DEERFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Shields Health Solutions, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (“WCAS”) and Walgreen Co. (“Walgreens”) today announced the parties have entered into a definitive…

How Specialty Pharmacy Networks are Redefining the Role of IDNs for Drug Manufacturers 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

How Specialty Pharmacy Networks are Redefining the Role of IDNs for Drug Manufacturers
This white paper points out that while complex patients usually receive care in a health system context, health systems often do not have access to specialty drugs those patients need. A network like Excelera connects drug manufacturers with health systems. • Drug access is an issue for health system specialty pharmacies. • Networks such as Excelera offer a high-quality, patient-centered specialty pharmacy solution. • Robust, real-world data from Excelera Network members, aggregated into one data feed, is one advantage.