Consulting

At Partners in Pharmacy, we begin under the assumption that your resources are limited, and developing an efficient and cost-conscious operation is mission-critical. Through a multi-tiered approach of interviews, analysis, and research, we go as deep as it takes to comprehensively analyze your current operations environment and model.

Direct, exhaustive collaboration with your staff and leadership is a given. Some of the focus areas may include:

• Central Automation and Technology Reviews
• Pharmacy Operations Workflow Assessments
• IV Room Safety Assessments for IV, TPN and Chemotherapy
• Purchasing Cost Savings Analysis and Opportunities

Our experienced pharmacy professionals analyze, design, and provide you with the structure and specific refinements needed to implement best practices for your operations.  Because we recognize that change is not as simple as throwing a switch, our support extends to providing all of the steps necessary and recommend, in order to transition/evolve to the next generation of your pharmacy.

Partners in Pharmacy offers a comprehensive portfolio of operational solutions from technology, staffing models, national benchmarking, and medication safety improvements to improve workflow, efficiency and safety throughout Pharmacy Operations.

Institutionally, Partners in Pharmacy can help with developing efficiencies in the areas of:

• Cost savings initiatives through purchased services
• Supply chain optimization
• Clinical formulary solutions

Hand in hand with any solution being pursued, Partners in Pharmacy understands that delivering superior patient care is critical to your organization’s mission. Let our experience and expertise lead you to the improvements you are looking for.

Partners in Pharmacy knows the regs: CMS, DPH, JCAHO, HRSA, or others. Pharmacy policies and procedures must align with the tenets and specific requirements of each regulatory body.

While every pharmacy is required to have a policy & procedure manual, simply possessing a generic P&P manual is insufficient. The manual must contain the pharmacy’s required policies and reflect the actual procedures of the pharmacy. What you have in writing and what “is” may be two different realities.

Partners in Pharmacy can help you get to the bottom of it all, and provide your team with valuable insights and recommendations for building effective and compliant policies and procedures. We’ll help you develop a P&P manual that is both specific and comprehensive.

We understand that a pharmacy is a living, evolving entity. We will create a process that will allow your pharmacy manager to update and modify the policies, when change comes.

Partners in Pharmacy’s regulatory experts can perform mock inspections and identify areas of weakness and concern. Our consultants will, upon completion of the inspection, prepare a gap analysis and corrective recommendations and discuss these with you and your team. If significant issues are found, our consultants are available to assist in the implementation of the corrective actions and perform a re-inspection to confirm compliance.

JCAHO
Ensure your medication delivery practices comply with the most recent regulations and deliver the highest quality of patient care.

HRSA/340b
Implement, extend and optimize your hospital’s participation in the 340B Program.

Participation in the 340B drug pricing program requires an annual audit of the program. Partners in Pharmacy can provide the annual audit service and 340b experts to help covered entities achieve optimal savings and revenues from their program. Our team also identifies and helps to resolve compliance risks.

USP797/ USP800
USP 797: The risks of compounding on site have never been higher. We can perform a comprehensive sterile compounding audit and assessment to benchmark performance and ensure regulatory compliance.

Partners in Pharmacy can assist with designing and implementing automation and technology for your pharmacy operational platform.  Designing, implementing, and managing automation and technology are major initiatives that impact patient care throughout your service model.

We offer a comprehensive portfolio of automation and technology solutions from system design thru implementation. Partners in Pharmacy implements best practice solutions utilizing national benchmarking models. Developing a safe, efficient and best practice automation and technology medication management system is critical for enhancing patient care. Partners in Pharmacy has the expertise and vision to help you design and implement your technology.

• Automated Dispensing System Design, Build and Implementation
• Automated Dispensing System Monthly and Annual Optimizations
• Automation Carousel Design, Build and Implementation