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Boston Children’s opens specialty pharmacy with Shields 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Boston Children’s opens specialty pharmacy with Shields

Shields Health Solutions has partnered with Boston Children’s Hospital to open a specialty pharmacy next to the Longwood campus, a business that the groups say will help improve the pharmacy…

Shields Health Solutions and Boston Children’s Hospital Collaborate to Give Patients and Families Enhanced Specialty Pharmacy Services 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Shields Health Solutions and Boston Children’s Hospital Collaborate to Give Patients and Families Enhanced Specialty Pharmacy Services

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boston Children’s Hospital, the number one pediatric hospital in the nation, has established a specialty pharmacy called Boston Children’s Pharmacy. Conveniently located across Longwood Avenue from the hospital, Boston…

Walgreens To Buy $970M Majority Stake In Specialty Pharmacy Developer 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Walgreens To Buy $970M Majority Stake In Specialty Pharmacy Developer

Walgreens Boots Alliance is investing $970 million for a majority stake in a specialty pharmacy company that works with hospitals and health systems to set up and run their own…

Excelera® and Aptitude Health Offer New Specialty Pharmacy Focused Educational Resources for Cancer Care 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Excelera® and Aptitude Health Offer New Specialty Pharmacy Focused Educational Resources for Cancer Care

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Excelera®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shields Health Solutions and the company behind the Excelera Network, announced today a new specialty pharmacy-focused educational offering in partnership with Aptitude Health, which provides critical insights…

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Partners with Shields Health Solutions to Enhance Statewide Specialty Pharmacy Services 606 220 Shields Health Solutions

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Partners with Shields Health Solutions to Enhance Statewide Specialty Pharmacy Services

BATON ROUGE, LA (July 27, 2021) – Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS), a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi, and Shields Health Solutions, the country’s…

CHRISTUS Health Partners with Shields Health Solutions to Give Patients and Families Enhanced Specialty Pharmacy Services 900 500 Shields Health Solutions

CHRISTUS Health Partners with Shields Health Solutions to Give Patients and Families Enhanced Specialty Pharmacy Services

IRVING, Texas (June 29 2021) – CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic faith-based not-for-profit health system with more than 600 centers, including community hospitals, urgent care centers, health insurance companies and physician…

Excelera Network Welcomes BJC HealthCare 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Excelera Network Welcomes BJC HealthCare

MINNEAPOLIS, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BJC HealthCare has entered an agreement with Excelera®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shields Health Solutions and the company behind the Excelera Network, making it the first Excelera…

Optimizing Staffing to Support Growth and Excellence 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Optimizing Staffing to Support Growth and Excellence

A staffing model developed in conjunction with Excelera led to a more fully integrated standard of care for specialty patients. Prior authorization workflow improvements eased the administrative burden on providers, and the number of prescriptions filled internally grew.
Helping Montana’s Largest Health System Develop and Implement Their Specialty Pharmacy Opportunity 194 82 Shields Health Solutions

Helping Montana’s Largest Health System Develop and Implement Their Specialty Pharmacy Opportunity

This engagement began with the development of a specialty pharmacy business model and pro forma to demonstrate viability. Planning and support for build-out, drug access, clinical therapy management, a call center and other functions followed, resulting in a successful launch.
Implementing In-house Specialty Pharmacy Capabilities 220 53 Shields Health Solutions

Implementing In-house Specialty Pharmacy Capabilities

With an extensive engagement that included a focus on best practice clinical therapy management programs, data collection and aggregation, and URAC accreditation, Excelera helped Avera Health build a thriving business to compete successfully with large, national specialty pharmacies.