The medication packaging used in long term care pharmacy has evolved over the past few decades, with rapid changes occurring just a few years ago. Most LTC pharmacy services providers today utilize medication punch cards to dispense medications to SNF residents or PACE participants.
Medication punch cards were first used in the 1970s, when pharmacies began packaging together 30-day or larger supplies of medications. Current usage of punch cards can be traced back to 2009 when the Congressional Budget Office determined that medication waste in long term care would cost Medicare more than $5.5 billion by 2019.
As a result of those findings, rules were issued in the next few years mandating that prescription medications in long term care pharmacies be dispensed in no greater than two-week increments. This drive to reduce medication waste led to the advent of punch cards for 7- or 14-day periods, rather than 30-day periods as they were previously.
But when it comes to medication management, there’s a better kind of packaging than medication punch cards. Let’s take a look.
Medication Management: Medication Punch Cards vs. SimplePacks
While punch cards, or bingo cards as they’re sometimes called, seem like a good method of dispensing medications, they can actually make the process quite tedious and cost-prohibitive. For one, punch cards make medication passes less orderly for nurses. They have to search through a stack of punch cards to locate a resident’s medications, which can make it difficult to quickly and accurately find things.
With SimplePacks, nurses have more efficient access to medications. Grane Rx technology uses automation to package medications together that are taken at the same time of day, including morning, noon, evening and bedtime, as well as on an as-needed basis. Because the medications are presorted and come packaged in secure, easy-to-separate packets, they make medication passes easier for nurses.
These same benefits extend to PACE participants and their caregivers through Grane Rx’s PACE Pharmacy services. PACE participants and caregivers are able to quickly ascertain what medication is needed at a given time, without accessing medications they don’t need.
Dispensing medications in SimplePacks also reduces waste. The packs are dispensed in short day supply, 3 days or 4 days, rather than the longer durations typically seen with punch cards, like a 7, 14 or 30 day supply.
This short cycle packaging is especially beneficial to the post acute care industry. When medications are discontinued from a resident’s medication regimen when using punch cards, you could see waste of more than a week’s worth of medication. With SimplePacks, a smaller amount of medication is dispensed, yielding less waste.
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Medication Management: An Enhanced Layer of Safety
SimplePacks also offer additional layers of security. Only medications that can be taken safely together are packaged together, helping avoid adverse drug interactions.
Additionally, Grane Rx offers an added layer of security not offered by many pharmacies. Before being dispensed, all SimplePacks are sent through imaging technology, which checks for multiple indices, including size, shape and color, among other factors. This process is crucial for accuracy and safety.
Finally, for PACE programs and members of our Meds2Home™ program, the packaging itself features both written and visual information, designed for optimal clarity and safety. This includes written details about the medication along with a visual depiction of what the medications look like. These details are paired with EasyRead medication literacy materials that explain the medication’s purpose, dosing and other pertinent information.
Interested in learning more about the long term care pharmacy solutions Grane Rx can provide for your Skilled Nursing Facility or PACE program? Call (866) 244-MEDS (6337) or reach out to us here.]]>
When selecting a pharmacy services provider, one prominent question for administrators and executive directors revolves around integration: How will the provider integrate with our services? Ultimately, you are looking for long term care pharmacy solutions from a provider that seamlessly blends in with the care you’re already providing for SNF residents or PACE participants.
So, how can you ensure your new provider will be a true partner? Focus on these three areas that should align with your center’s mission and goals.
Long term Care Pharmacy Integration: Staff
You don’t want your LTC pharmacy services to be solely focused inward. You want a provider that works alongside your team to help ensure optimal care for every resident or participant.
From day one, the Grane Rx team integrates with your own. Our goal is to provide pharmacy services and counseling that helps improve outcomes by reducing medication errors and improving adherence to medication regimens. As part of this goal, we help your team look for areas of improvement in providing quality care.
We’re here for your team 24/7, available to support your staff’s goals and improve clinical care.
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Long term Care Pharmacy Integration: Training
Medications aren’t solely the responsibility of the pharmacy. Multiple clinicians and providers play a role in managing a resident or participant’s medication regimen—from initial prescribing to the actual dispensing of the medication.
Because of this, regulations and guidelines applicable to pharmacy, affect the everyday routine of all providers in your SNF or PACE center.
Grane Rx understands this. We work to keep your staff updated on what’s happening in long term care pharmacy, including regulations, new legislation, reimbursement changes and evolving clinical practices. First, we review and analyze the impact the change will have on your center. Then we provide on-site, center-specific training for your team about the change.
For first time customers, we partner with your Skilled Nursing Facility or PACE center, to provide a comprehensive seven stage training program to seamlessly integrate our pharmacy services with your operations. Initial training and ongoing education include sessions on our automated medication dispensing cabinets, EHR interoperability and workflow optimization.
Long term Care Pharmacy Integration: Technology
You want the process of prescribing a medication to be easy and seamless. When Grane Rx partners with an SNF or PACE program, we keep that goal front and center.
The technology we use easily integrates with the EHR you use. Data, including CPOE and ADT forms, transfers in real-time from your center to the pharmacy. This immediate transfer of information helps limit miscommunication, billing errors and medication waste.
Our integration technology solution also allows us to help your team when a root cause analysis is necessary to uncover where an error occurred. Data collected through our software includes automated date/time stamps, automated audit logs and imaging documentation of medication packaging, among others. These tools allow us to quickly provide the information necessary when searching for insight into a problem and determining a solution.
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When you’re switching to a new pharmacy services provider, you want the transition to be seamless, so that staff and residents alike experience little or no negative impact. In choosing a new pharmacy services provider, it’s important to consider multiple factors, including the depth and thoroughness of a provider’s transition plan.
Grane Rx understands the importance of getting started on the right foot. When we partner with a new Skilled Nursing Facility or PACE program, we rely on a tried-and-true formula with several key components to pave the way toward a seamless transition.
Part 1: Kick-off Pharmacy Services Meeting
The first step in the Grane Rx transition process is, quite simply, to thoroughly explain the process. In a kick-off meeting, our team meets with the center’s team to review the transition plan in detail and clarify any areas of concern or questions.
During this meeting, our teams also work together to establish a communication plan and schedule for the transition itself.
Part 2: Analysis of Pharmacy Services
The second phase of the process includes a look at the current status of pharmacy services at the SNF or PACE program. During this stage, the Grane Rx team develops a gap analysis, comparing actual performance with desired performance.
This analysis helps us formulate a framework for pharmacy services moving forward, one that makes the best use of capabilities and cultivates optimal performance.
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Part 3: Training With Pharmacy Services Team
Pharmacy orders play an integral role in the everyday functionality of pharmacy services, and our goal is to make placing them simple for your team. In order to do this, our electronic health record adapts to integrate with the EHR already in place in your center. This allows data to transfer in real time from your center to our pharmacy.
During this phase, our IT team tests the functionality of EHR data integration to ensure the kinks are worked out before services go live and then configures the pharmacy information system.
Following this step, we begin to work with the center’s personnel to review processes and formulate implementation plans, which will include comprehensive, interdisciplinary training. As we begin the final stages of preparation, our team will also review final processes.
Part 4: Pharmacy Services Provider Meetings With Residents
When pharmacy services go live, the Grane Rx pharmacy team will be onsite to ensure a smooth transition. This continues past the initial days—during the first 90 days after going live, key members of the Grane Rx team remain onsite to work with staff.
In addition to working with staff members to ensure things start on the right foot, our team also meets one-on-one with residents or PACE participants. These meetings give residents the opportunity to gain familiarity and comfort with the expertise of our team.
Interested in learning more about the pharmacy services Grane Rx can provide for your Skilled Nursing Facility or PACE program? Call (866) 244-MEDS (6337) or reach out to us here.]]>
In the last few years, pharmacy benefit managers, often referenced as PBMs, have taken on an increasingly prominent role in PACE pharmacy.
To fully understand the role of PBMs in PACE pharmacy, first consider the role of pharmacy benefit managers more broadly. The American Pharmacists Association defines a pharmacy benefit manager as a third-party administrator of prescription drug programs, working with companies to maintain or reduce the pharmacy expenditures of plans without sacrificing healthcare outcomes.
The role of PBMs in PACE pharmacy is more specific—they support PACE Plans in navigating the complexities of Medicare Part D plan participants. Working with the pharmacies, PBMs play three main roles in PACE programs.
PBMs Facilitate the Management of Rebates for PACE Programs
The cost of pharmaceuticals from all types of pharmacies, from retail stores to long term care, is largely determined by pharmaceutical manufacturers. Cost savings can be obtained through negotiating drug pricing with pharmaceutical companies, as well as manufacturer rebates.
While PACE plans could try to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies on their own, the associated paperwork and follow-up required can be a significant challenge, , in addition to IT and data processing requirements will cause substantial time investment. That’s where the role of the PBM comes into play. PBMs work to streamline the process and help ensure PACE programs obtain the rebates for which they’re eligible.
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PBMs Help Ensure the PACE Program Formulary Is on Target
PBMs also play a significant role in establishing and fine-tuning formularies or Preferred Medication lists for PACE programs. Formularies are continually reviewed to incorporate the most cost-effective and clinically relevant medications.
Because they’re well-versed in what pharmaceutical rebates are available, PBMs can advise PACE providers about which clinically appropriate medications can be obtained at the greatest cost savings, without sacrificing outcomes for participants. For example, a PBM can evaluate what medications within a class or for a specific medical indication might be best to incorporate into the PACE program’s drug plan.
PBMs Provide Reporting and Analytics Related to PACE Program
In addition to helping facilitate rebates and working hands-on with a PACE program’s formulary, PBMs also provide reports and analytics related to pharmacy services.
Reports often contain an overwhelming amount of data, and sorting through and analyzing the data requires a significant time investment. Typically, PACE pharmacy providers don’t have someone in-house dedicated to analyzing and using this data to create efficiencies and cost savings.
This represents one of the most significant benefits of working with a PBM. In this role, PBMs utilize technology to assess the roster of individuals in the PACE plan in real-time. They can then work with the pharmacy to analyze costs and how effectively rebates and the formulary are performing, allowing PACE programs to make just-in-time adjustments as needed.
In addition, PBMs can provide the in-depth data necessary to meet Medicare Part D reporting requirements and help PACE programs adhere to associated regulations.
Pharmacy benefit managers provide PACE pharmacies with multiple efficiencies. In the future, those efficiencies may also spread into pharmacy services for Skilled Nursing Facilities, as those centers realize how PBMs can partner with their pharmacy provider to help them optimize outcomes while managing costs.
Grane Rx partners with AscellaHealth to provide PACE programs with seamless access to cost-effective pharmacy services. Wondering about other ways we can assist your program? Contact Scott Sosso at Grane Rx by calling (412) 449-0504 to learn more about our Precision Medication Management services and other ways we work to moderate costs. ]]>
Seniors typically deal with a multitude of comorbid medical conditions, requiring a significant number of medications. In fact, according to the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), while the elderly population makes up less than 15 percent of the total United States population, they consume 40 percent of all prescription medications.
The goal of PACE pharmacy, then, is to ensure the highest level of safety in medication management. To facilitate that goal, Grane Rx’s Precision Medication Management program utilizes a three-part approach designed to provide cost-effective solutions to the pharmaceutical needs of participants of your PACE center.
Precision Medication Management, Facet 1: Clinical Consulting
Polypharmacy, or the regular use of more than four medications, is significant among the long term care population. The ASCP reports that people between the ages of 65 and 69 take an average of 14 prescriptions per year, while those age 70 or older take an average of 18.
With an increased number of medications comes an increased number of side effects and the possibility of medication interactions. Grane Rx partners with PACE centers and the long term care industry to provide clinical consulting services. The foundation of these services are in-depth medication consultations to optimize participant medication therapy and outcomes.
As part of clinical consultation, pharmacists implement a number of interventions, including:
- Comprehensive medication regimen reviews
- Clinical change of status or emergency room/hospital admission reviews
- Targeted medication class and disease state management reviews
- Medication utilization optimization reviews to focus on reducing and eliminating polypharmacy
The aim of all clinical consults is to help ensure positive outcomes for residents while helping PACE centers lower costs and make efficient decisions with downstream impact.
Precision Medication Management, Facet 2: Pharmacogenetics
Pharmacogenetics is defined as variations in response to medications based on a person’s genetic makeup. In other words, different residents metabolize medications differently. Patient A may be impacted more profoundly by a medication or may have a more limited response or negative reaction than Patient B.
Grane Rx has built a partnership with some of the industry’s leading pharmacogenetic testing companies in the country that provide state-of-the-art genetic testing and clinical decision support software. Utilizing innovative technology, providers can comprehensively analyze an individual’s genetic makeup and how his or her body absorbs medication.
This risk assessment tool helps providers determine the most appropriate dose of medication for each participant—whether that’s a higher or lower dose than standard, the normal dose, or an alternative medication. In addition, it has the potential to reduce the use of unnecessary medications that were prescribed based on an adverse reaction to another medication.
Pharmacogenetics will likely become a standard of care across health care, particularly in the medication management of the senior population. More precise medication orders have the potential to positively impact the provision of care and its associated costs, reducing medication side effects and improving resident outcomes.
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Precision Medication Management, Facet 3: Preferred Medication Program
Anyone involved in long term care will tell you that it’s imperative to optimize resident outcomes while containing costs whenever clinically appropriate. The Grane Rx Preferred Medication program helps PACE centers strike that careful balance when it comes to medication management.
With each center it partners with, Grane Rx implements a customized, clinically appropriate preferred medication program to minimize medication costs. Through this program, Grane Rx works collaboratively with the facility to meet the therapeutic treatment needs of the residents and prescribers while optimizing cost containment efforts.
The facility-specific preferred medication program is continually reviewed in order to incorporate the most cost-effective and clinically relevant medications. An automatic therapeutic interchange program is also included as part of the program.
Want to learn about the impact Grane Rx services can have on your PACE center? Reach out to us here or call (866) 244-MEDS (6337).]]>
Whether you’re just getting started in a career path or looking for a change of pace from retail pharmacy, long term care pharmacy jobs offer a diverse range of opportunities to match varied levels of expertise and education.
As the population of older Americans continues to increase, long term care pharmacy jobs will become even more in demand. Those in this field maintain particular focus on the geriatric population’s unique needs and challenges, which include large numbers of comorbidities and complex medication regimens.
While the actual job titles vary amongst long term care centers, there are four main types of long term care pharmacy jobs.
Long term Care Pharmacy Jobs: Pharmacy Technician
Allowable responsibilities for pharmacy technicians, including certified pharmacy technicians, vary by state law. On the whole, pharmacy technicians provide valuable support for pharmacists in a long term care setting. Pharmacy technicians have experience with medication terminology and typically:
- Receive written prescription requests and verify that information is complete
- Maintain proper storage for medications, including temperature controls and security
- Fill bottles with prescribed medications and prepare/affix prescription bottle labels
- Answer simple questions over the phone or in person, referring clinical questions to the pharmacist
- File hard copies of prescriptions that have been filled
In some long term care pharmacies, pharmacy technicians may also play a role in billing, including submitting claims to insurance, Medicaid and Medicare and invoicing residents for copayment or coinsurance costs.
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Long term Care Pharmacy Jobs: Dispensing Pharmacist
Dispensing pharmacists, who typically hold a PharmD, play a significant role in the day-to-day management of a long term care pharmacy. These pharmacists supervise the dispensing of medications, including the preparation of compounded medications and intravenous solutions.
In addition, dispensing pharmacists help perform safety checks of all medications dispensed, helping ensure medications are dispensed to the correct resident and checking prescription orders against dispensing guidelines from pharmaceutical companies. The dispensing pharmacist is responsible for the accuracy of all dispensed medications.
Long term Care Pharmacy Jobs: Consultant Pharmacist
Consultant pharmacists, who also hold a PharmD, typically don’t directly play a role in dispensing. Instead, they serve in a more clinical role, providing medication-related expertise and information.
Consultant pharmacists evaluate prescriptions for a number of factors, including whether the medication, dosage and route of administration are appropriate based on the resident’s age, gender, overall health and other factors. In addition, these pharmacists review each resident’s overall medication regimen on a regular basis and provide recommendations to optimize the regimen, as needed.
In some centers, the consultant and dispensing pharmacist roles may be performed by the same pharmacist.
Long term Care Pharmacy Jobs: Director/Pharmacist in Charge
In addition to dispensing and consultant pharmacists, long term care pharmacies also have a director of pharmacy or a pharmacist in charge (PIC). These pharmacists hold an advanced degree in pharmacy and oversee all pharmacy services, including policies and procedures.
The director or PIC is responsible for ensuring the pharmacy complies with all facility-specific, state and federal, and regulatory body (such as the FDA and DEA) guidelines. He or she oversees all pharmacy personnel and provides necessary training related to quality and patient satisfaction.
Grane Rx offers opportunities to advance your career in the challenging and fast-paced long term care industry. ]]>
In recent years, the older population and their caregivers have increasingly turned to long term care programs that allow them to age within their own communities, such as PACE centers. When evaluating options, potential participants consider a number of categories, including pharmacy services.
So what are participants and their families seeking in a PACE pharmacy? Read on for a look at three criteria they’re evaluating:
PACE Pharmacy Evaluation Criteria #1: Medication Safety
For PACE participants and their families, safety is of the utmost concern. And with good reason. A 2012 study found that each year in the United States, the inappropriate use of medication — such as misuse of antibiotics or mismanaged polypharmacy — leads to approximately 10 million avoidable hospital admissions and 4 million emergency room visits.
Participants and their families want a PACE pharmacy that prioritizes safety and helps ensure the appropriate use of medication. Grane Rx utilizes brightly colored boxes to enable a quick and easy distinction between everyday meds vs. meds that are taken on an as needed basis.
Grane Rx promotes medication safety in a number of ways, including:
- packaging automation for higher levels of accuracy
- medication consultation
- review of possible drug-to-drug interactions
- literacy tools to improve medication compliance
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PACE Pharmacy Evaluation Criteria #2: Simplicity and Convenience
Participants in PACE programs typically have a large number of chronic or acute medical conditions. To care for those conditions, participants may have dozens of medications to take on a daily basis.
Keeping track of those medications and ensuring they’re taken correctly can be challenging. Participants and their families want ways to simplify medication therapy.
Grane Rx offers a unique solution set to meet that need. As part of the PACE Pharmacy Solution, Grane Rx dispenses medications in prepackaged SimplePacks. This packaging uses automation to prepackage medications together so that they can be taken at morning, noon, evening, at bedtime, and on an as needed basis, simplifying the process of taking medication and replacing outdated, less functional punch cards.
In addition, Grane Rx’s PACE Pharmacy program delivers medications directly to each participant’s home, alleviating the need for the PACE site to manage medications at the center or worry about medication deliveries.
PACE Pharmacy Evaluation Criteria #3: Education
As important as clinical reviews and safety protocols are, participant education plays an equally important role in promoting the appropriate use of medications. To help ensure medication adherence, participants and their families need to have a thorough understanding of medications, including what purpose the medications are prescribed for and what the dosages are.
Education is a significant part of the Grane Rx dispensing process. SimplePacks are paired with EasyReadTM medication summaries that help participants have more informed about their medications. Providers can counsel participants and their family members about medications and any potential barriers to taking medications correctly.
The packaging itself helps reinforce participant education. SimplePacks are labeled with written information about medications paired with visual representations of what each medication looks like.
Grane Rx provides comprehensive PACE pharmacy solutions to help you meet participant needs. ]]>
For decades, when people aged and developed chronic medical conditions, they were moved from their homes into a nursing home setting. The advent of the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in 1971 marked a change in that process, allowing many people to age in the comfort of their own home. Today, the ability to obtain comprehensive PACE care, including medications, and remain at home is further evolving long term care.
PACE: The Future of Long term Care
While the implementation of PACE has been a gradual process over the last several decades, PACE centers represent the future of health care.
Several factors will likely continue to drive an increase in PACE utilization:
- An aging Baby Boomer population will increase overall demand for long term care services. Estimates from the United States Census indicate that there will be 69.4 million American seniors by 2030. This nearly doubles the 35.5 million seniors in the year 2000.
- Baby Boomers largely desire maintaining some level of independence, making PACE centers a preferred method of long term care.
- Since the inception of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, health care as a whole is moving toward a “medical home” model, where patients receive collaborative care that’s focused on quality and safety. PACE centers align with this model of care.
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PACE Medications at Home
The average PACE participant has eight acute or chronic medical conditions and needs assistance with at least three activities of daily living. Because of the sheer number of health conditions experienced by this population, medications play a significant role in PACE.
The role of the geriatric pharmacist in delivering PACE medications at home is complex. Before medications are dispensed, pharmacists implement a number of quality assurance and safety processes, including:
- elimination/prevention of duplicate medications
- monitoring of associated labs
- enforcement of Beers criteria from the American Geriatric Society
- dose adjustments
- identification of drug interactions
After these processes take place, PACE medications can be then be packaged and delivered for use in the home, which helps allow the older population to age at home as long as possible, while still supported by an interdisciplinary team.
Grane Rx partners with PACE centers to provide pharmacy solutions from initial prescription ordering to packaging and delivery of medications. Our PACE pharmacy solution set includes innovative, participant-friendly medication packaging, known as SimplePacks; clear and effective labeling and prescription directions; and 24/7 access to certified geriatric pharmacists.
Grane Rx also takes the quality assurance process one step further — 12 automated security checkpoints are involved in dispensing SimplePacks, helping to reduce the number of medication errors.
Once SimplePacks have been dispensed, they’re delivered to the home of the participant. This program eliminates the need for the clinical staff to manage the medications and provides more time for participant care. Further, this program helps enhance medication compliance and adherence, which will improve outcomes for participants in the program.
The usage of PACE medications at home helps strike a balance. While helping improve medication safety and adherence, it also provides the older population the opportunity to age at home, a continuation of the evolution of long term care.]]>
Nursing Home Pharmacy Services Improve Med Adherence
Medication adherence means taking the right dose of the right medication at the right time—always. Patients are at risk of problems if they:
- forget to take medication
- take the wrong dose
- take only some of their medication
- take the medications the wrong way or at the wrong time
- skip medication because of side effects, cost, or other reasons
Grane Rx Meds2Home™ program can help. SimplePacks, prepackaged daily doses help people take the all of the right medications, every day. Multi-checkpoint systems in the packaging process mimic checkpoints in the medication administration process and reduce errors. Clear labeling helps people know what they are taking and how to take it. SimplePacks make safe and effective medication taking easy for people at home.
Nursing Home Pharmacy Services Provide Oversight
With many elderly people on multiple meds, polypharmacy is a significant risk factor. While polypharmacy itself isn’t a problem, multiple medications increases the risk of medication interactions, missing medications, or taking medication incorrectly.
Pharmacists identify potentially contraindicated medications. They know which medications are of concern in aging bodies that process drugs differently. They also advise on ways to streamline pill load, which is yet another way to help with medication adherence. Grane Rx solutions allow people living at home with simple packaging and easy to read labels.
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Nursing Home Pharmacy Services Reduce Rehospitalization
Better medication adherence and reduced adverse drug events aren’t just numbers. They’re important factors in both quality of life and keeping people healthy at home. Medication mismanagement is the number one reason for hospital readmissions. Having medications delivered home through the Grane Rx Meds2Home program is a big step to reducing reducing medication mismanagement and thus lowering hospital readmissions. Patients don’t have to stop at the local drug store to pick up medications — they often leave the Skilled Nursing Facility with medications in hand. This has a clear impact on the elderly served. It also has a significant impact on managing costs for your center.
There are many factors that go into successful outcomes for people living at home. Pharmacy is one of them. Bringing the best of nursing home pharmacy services home can be the difference between staying at home and rehospitalization for the elderly in a PACE program or those needing meds after a stay in a skilled nursing facility.]]>
PACE pharmacy solutions are SIMPLE when they:
- Modify beliefs and behaviors
- Provide communication and trust
PACE Pharmacy Solutions Simplify Regimens
Participants with complex medical needs have complex medication regimens. They need to know how much medication to take, how often to take it, why they take it, when to take it, and any special instructions for taking it. Any steps providers can take to streamline and simplify medication regimens go a long way toward improving adherence.
Grane Rx addresses this issue with its prepackaged SimplePacks. Pharmacy packaging is critical to the success of your participants and our SimplePacks make all medications accessible together (when medically possible), reducing the risk that clients will take too much or too little.
PACE Pharmacy Solutions Impart Knowledge
Information helps participants understand what they are taking and why they are taking medication. Clear information also makes med passing easier and safer. Clear labeling, like Grane Rx’s with names and dosage clearly printed on the outside of pre-packaged doses, is a critical vehicle for imparting knowledge.
PACE Pharmacy Solutions Modify Beliefs and Behaviors
Allowing people to make decisions about routines, including when to take medication, is part of a client-centered organization and can help improve medication adherence. Shifting from set med pass times is enhanced by Grane Rx’s use of the Universal Medication Schedule allows for greater flexibility.
PACE Pharmacy Solutions Provide Communication and Trust
At each step of the process, Grane Rx builds communication and trust. Certified Geriatric pharmacists provide summaries for each resident to help avoid drug interactions. This information is paired with prepackaged daily dosages. These SimplePacks go through 12 security checkpoints before they are ready for delivery to individuals. This process reduces medication errors and builds trust in the system.
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PACE Pharmacy Solutions Leave Bias Behind
Cultural and language barriers can also inhibit medication adherence. Patient education is critical. Providers must make sure participants understand their medications and that all barriers to taking it correctly are addressed. Our simplified packaging and labeling help reinforce patient education. Participants can get visual cues about medication appearance in addition to written information.
PACE Pharmacy Solutions Evaluate Adherence
Are PACE pharmacy solutions actually working? It’s important to evaluate for medication adherence. This starts with asking directly if people have been taking their medication as they are supposed to be.
Questions may be direct and more specific—are you taking your medication every day? Do you take all of it? If non-adherence is indicated or suspected, it is critical to get at the root of the issue quickly. Is there confusion about the dosage, side effects? Financial concerns? Does the person understand why they are taking the medication and what will happen if they don’t? Is there mistrust that needs to be overcome?
The answers to these questions may require a review of some of the other SIMPLE steps, such as good communication, providing information, or building trust.
Medication adherence at-home is challenging but essential for the health of participants and the bottomline. Grane Rx understands how critical the right PACE pharmacy solutions are to meeting the challenge; that’s why we’re a leader in technological advances to improve outcomes.]]>
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