A specialty pharmacist works closely with you to make sure you understand your medicines and that they are working for you. Usually specialty medications have a specific schedule to follow or must be stored and delivered in ways to increase their effectiveness. Sometimes the medications are expensive and require assistance to be sure they’re available to you.
As part of your care team, our specialty pharmacists work closely with your doctor to be sure any concerns about your medications are shared with your entire team. The pharmacist will teach you how to take your medications and to help you monitor any side effects.
Services You Can Rely On
Specialty pharmacists and technicians are key members of your care team. They will:
Meet with you at your clinic visit to explain your medications and answer any questions
Review all your medications to ensure the effectiveness of starting a new medication
Call you to see how you're doing and answer any new questions
Contact you a week before your medications need refilling
Answer your medication questions 24-hours a day
See that your reaction to the medicines are recorded in a timely way in your medical record and called to your doctor’s attention when necessary
Work with your health insurance provider and other resources to see that your medications are affordable
Use the same electronic medical record as your doctor so all of your records are in one place for other members of the care team to review
Provide free delivery service to your home and take care of emergency refills
How Your Specialty Pharmacy Prescriptions Get Filled
For patients who are already familiar with our services, consult our Refills Guide.
For patients new to our services, here are the steps we will follow.
When the doctor prescribes your new medicine, often your specialty pharmacist will meet with you during the same clinic visit. We explain how the medicine works and answer any questions you have.
Some medicines require a few days to be approved by your insurance. We take care of letting your insurance company know about the new prescription and see that it is approved.
We will deliver your medications right to your home or have them available for pick up.
If there are questions or concerns as you begin taking the medicine, we’re available to help you by phone. Shortly after you have started the medication, we will check with you by phone to make sure you’re not having any serious side effects.
We will check in with you periodically, as refills are needed and to double check that you’re adjusting OK to the medicine.
