By Brandon Newman, VP of clinical affairs at Trellis Rx The Net Promoter Score® (NPS) offers an objective measurement of what is arguably one of healthcare’s most critical—but subjective—areas of focus: patient satisfaction. It is a cross-industry standardized index designed to measure people’s willingness to recommend a company’s products or services to others. While traditional […]

SOMC captures executive, provider, and pharmacy points of view about the impact of chronic disease management (CDM) pharmacy services for patients, providers & the health system.

Trellis Rx oncology clinical pharmacist, Megan Johnson Rees, R.Ph., PharmD, BCACP, explains challenges patients face with specialty medication affordability and shares a story highlighting how a health system specialty pharmacy can help address barriers.

This story was shared by Sarah Lancrain, one of Trellis Rx’s pharmacy liaisons who works on-site at a health system in the Midwest. We care for an oncology patient who has been coming to this health system for a long time. Earlier this year, he informed Maija, our specialty pharmacy liaison, that his insurance situation […]

A health system infectious disease clinical clinical pharmacist shares how he supported a patient with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Trellis Rx pharmacy liaison shares how an on-site health system specialty pharmacy team enhanced care for a patient with AFib.

A Trellis Rx oncology specialty pharmacist shares how she and a health system specialty pharmacy team made a difference for a patient living with cancer.

Learn three key take-aways from Trellis Rx’s recent educational panel discussion on 340B contract pharmacy policies.

Jerry Buller’s shares strategies from our recent market research study health system specialty pharmacies can use to overcome barriers obstacles to payor access.

Learn key take-aways and answer to attendee questions from Trellis Rx’s Becker’s Healthcare webinar about our market research study on health system and health plan specialty pharmacy partnerships.

Jerry Buller’s recent 340B Report article outlines three barriers to health system and payor specialty pharmacy partnerships uncovered in our recent market research report.

Brandon Newman discusses why health system specialty pharmacies must begin tracking disease-specific clinical outcomes and explains the outcomes metrics Trellis Rx is tracking with our partner health systems.

Trellis Rx clinical pharmacists share insights on health system specialty pharmacy teams can help patients and providers navigate drug access challenges during COVID-19.

Trellis Rx has developed a COVID-19 health system specialty pharmacy resource center to support pharmacy leaders and practitioners as they care for patients with chronic conditions during this crisis.

Gaining specialty pharmacy accreditation can be challenging for a health system specialty pharmacy. Get best practices to prepare from Trellis Rx.

See how a clinic-based pharmacist and a nurse practitioner worked together to help a patient regain control of his health sooner.

Trellis Rx shares health system specialty pharmacy best practices for measuring patient loyalty & provider satisfaction using Net Promoter Score.

Summa Health physicians and nurses share how the health system’s specialty pharmacy service in benefitting patients and improving clinic workflows.

See how embedded hospital specialty pharmacies enable patients with cancer to start therapy sooner in our clinical outcomes report on turnaround times.

Our Chief Solutions Officer Tony Zappa shares how pharmacy leaders can use stakeholder analysis to create organization-wide buy-in for a clinic-based specialty pharmacy model.

Denali Cahoon, Chief Operating Officer, outlines four steps pharmacy leaders can take when integrating specialty pharmacy team members into patient care teams.

Trellis Rx advisor Ted Slafsky explores barriers to medication access and outlines how health system specialty pharmacies are addressing this problem.

Jerry Buller shares best practices to help health system specialty pharmacies gain access to limited distribution drugs.

Connecting patients with financial assistance enables health system specialty pharmacy teams to reduce the burden of specialty medications on patients

Recommendations for gaining payer specialty pharmacy network access for your health system specialty pharmacy.

We outline what health system pharmacy leaders should know about gaining specialty pharmacy network access by building partnerships with payers and drug manufactures.

A clinic-based health system specialty pharmacy enhances patient care and enables population health initiatives that improve access to therapy

Health system leaders should evaluate organizational and pharmacy competencies to decide whether self-development or partnership is the best approach to implement a specialty pharmacy service line.

Did you know that a recent study found almost 1 million people in the U.S. are living with multiple sclerosis (MS)? This is nearly twice the number of people previously believed to be affected by the condition. MS is an autoimmune disorder that damages the myelin sheath in the central nervous system. This disrupts how […]

Your health system could be missing significant opportunities to drive patient engagement and build competitive advantage by not offering clinic-based specialty pharmacy services.

A story from one of our partners illustrates how the personalized care patients receive from an embedded health system specialty pharmacy makes a critical difference in their adherence and health outcomes. Recently, a patient living with HIV was introduced to the specialty pharmacy team at Legacy Health. The patient needed surgery to remove precancerous tissue, […]

“You can never know how grateful I am for what you’ve done for me. I would pretty much be bankrupt if I had to pay for these drugs if it weren’t for you.” When you speak with any clinic-based pharmacist or specialty pharmacy liaison at our partner health systems, you quickly learn what motivates them […]

A patient impact story shows one key ingredients needed to provde an exceptional specialty pharmacy patient experience.

See how one clinic-based pharmacy liaison went above and beyond to help a patient with Hepatitis C overcome barriers like prior authorization to access her medication.

Our specialty outcomes study with Southern Ohio Medical Center shows how health system clinic-based specialty pharmacies improve medication adherence and access among patients with Hepatitis C.

Our patient impact story shows how health systems can improve patient access and adherence to specialty medications by offering specialty pharmacy services.

Staying centered on the person not the prescription is vitally important to the success of a health system specialty pharmacy program.

Taking the time to communicate effectively and compassionately with patients – listening, answering questions, and providing sound advice – is the cornerstone of a strong specialty pharmacy program. This story, relayed by one of our pharmacists who specializes in neurological disorders, shows how pharmacists can enhance chronic care management and underlines the importance of building […]

Our Chief Pharmacy Officer Jerry Buller and Chief Solutions Officer Tony Zappa led a Becker’s Hospital Review webinar about how health systems can overcome barriers to grow world-class specialty pharmacy programs.

At many healthcare organizations, patient outcomes suffer unnecessarily because the system to encourage and support medication adherence is fragmented and poorly coordinated.