DUBLIN, Ohio, Feb. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Community
pharmacists can help improve medication adherence and patient
outcomes while increasing efficiency for the pharmacy through a
custom-built medication synchronization program, Cardinal Health
MedSync Advantage™.
"We've had the opportunity to look at Cardinal Health's
medication synchronization product, and it's by far the best
product that I've looked at," said Larry
Schieber, pharmacist and owner at Schieber Family Pharmacy
in Circleville, Ohio. "We can get
a lot of patients enrolled in this medication synchronization
program, which is really a win-win for everybody. It's a win for
the patient, and it's a win for us because it evens out our
workflow and helps us operate more efficiently."
Cardinal Health MedSync Advantage™ is the newest offering in a
comprehensive suite of solutions from Cardinal Health called Reach
for the Stars. The online platform was designed by Cardinal
Health's innovation lab, Fuse, which connects technology with
healthcare, and believes that life-changing solutions aren't just
built for users, but by users.
Fuse built the MedSync Advantage™ web-based solution with direct
input from community pharmacists, creating a custom tool that
supports easier identification of eligible patients, as well
as:
- Integration with pharmacy management system and daily or
monthly reporting
- Automated synchronization ensures ease of adding
customers
- Access through a single sign-on with the Cardinal Health
customer ordering platform, Order Express
With Cardinal Health MedSync Advantage™ a pharmacy can
coordinate a patient's prescriptions to be picked up on the same
day each month. This simplifies the process for patients and
caregivers filling multiple prescriptions, and improves patients'
medication adherence by helping to ensure they fill all
prescriptions each month. Confirming the number of prescriptions a
patient fills each month improves inventory management for the
pharmacy and allows more time for the pharmacy staff to focus on
patient relationships.
"We believe medication synchronization is a core competency for
medication therapy management expansion in the pharmacy, and we
want to prepare our pharmacies to move toward a value-based
pharmacy model for payment in the future," said Steve Lawrence, senior vice president of Retail
Independent Sales at Cardinal Health. "MedSync Advantage™ allows us
to do that by re-engineering the pharmacy to allow for a more
patient-centric approach to care."
For more information about Cardinal Health MedSync Advantage™ or
Reach for the Stars suite of solutions, visit
cardinalhealth.com/medsyncadvantage. Follow the conversation on
Twitter at #followthestars2016.
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About Cardinal Health
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:
CAH) is a $103 billion health care
services company that improves the cost-effectiveness of health
care. Cardinal Health helps pharmacies, hospitals, ambulatory
surgery centers, clinical laboratories and physician offices focus
on patient care while reducing costs, enhancing efficiency and
improving quality. Cardinal Health is an essential link in the
health care supply chain, providing pharmaceuticals and medical
products and services to more than 100,000 locations each day and
is also the industry-leading direct-to-home medical supplies
distributor. The company is a leading manufacturer of medical and
surgical products, including gloves, surgical apparel and fluid
management products. In addition, the company operates the nation's
largest network of radiopharmacies that dispense products to aid in
the early diagnosis and treatment of disease. Ranked #26 on the
Fortune 500, Cardinal Health employs more than 36,000 people
worldwide. More information about the company may be found at
www.cardinalhealth.com and @CardinalHealth on Twitter.
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