All pharmacy services are not the same.
Nursing facilities have legal and operational requirements for pharmacy services that are significantly more extensive than standard "mail-order" or "drugstore-type" service. As an institutional pharmacy, Pharmed provides a long list of such specialized services. They include:
|
|
Services |
Drug Store/ Mail Order |
Pharmed Pharmacy Service |
|
1. Prescription medication dispensing |
X |
X |
|
2. Pharmacist review for allergies, drug interactions, dosing, appropriateness,
etc |
X |
X |
|
3. Daily delivery to nursing facility |
X |
X |
|
4. Specialized drug packaging |
|
X |
|
5. Controlled substance packaging and recordkeeping |
|
X |
|
6. Resident specific monthly computer generated medical records (physician orders,
medication administration records, treatment records) |
|
X |
|
7. Consulting for drug regimen review, medical records and intravenous therapy |
|
X |
|
8. Emergency medications and 24-hour pharmacist coverage for urgent needs (all residents) |
|
X |
|
9. On-site Policy and Procedure manuals that meet all regulatory and accreditation
requirements |
|
X |
|
10. Intravenous nurse support (for all residents) |
|
X |
|
11. Continuing education for nursing staff |
|
X |
|
12. Regulation and accreditation assistance for medication use (Ohio Dept. of Health,
Joint Comm. On Accreditation Of Healthcare Org.'s) |
|
X |
|
13. In-house facsimile machines / online order |
|
X |
|
14. Medication carts for passing medications |
|
X |
|
15. Quality-Improvement Committee participation |
|
X |
|
16. Customer Service visits by Pharmacy Representatives |
|
X |