Articles from Shields Health Solutions

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the nation’s leading specialty pharmacy accelerator, and Foundation Health, a healthcare technology company delivering comprehensive AI‑powered workflows across pharmacy operations and care coordination, today announced a strategic partnership to integrate Foundation Health’s AI-powered pharmacy technology into the full suite of specialty pharmacy services Shields offers its network of health system partners. This partnership aims to advance and elevate specialty pharmacy care nationwide.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, has partnered with Lakeland Regional Health, one of Florida’s leading healthcare providers, to improve access to specialty medications for patients managing chronic and complex health conditions.

Shields Health Solutions (“Shields” or the “Company”), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that it is now operating as a private standalone company following its acquisition by Sycamore Partners (“Sycamore”), a leading private equity firm based in New York.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country announced it has partnered with Duke Health, a leading academic health system in North Carolina with a vision to further enhance health outcomes across the region by advancing clinical care.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the United States and a Walgreens-owned company, has expanded its work with Sutter Health, one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the U.S., to make specialty medications more accessible to those managing chronic health conditions and help improve their overall health.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today its expanded partnership with UnityPoint at Home, a subsidiary of Iowa-based UnityPoint Health. Building upon the existing partnership that began in 2017, the enhanced collaboration will focus on extending a specialty pharmacy program that provides patients with complex, chronic conditions access to specialized pharmacy services designed to lower costs, broaden treatment options, improve medication management, and overall health.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that it is Great Place to Work-Certified™ for the fourth consecutive year. The recognition comes at a time of continued expansion in both employee count and Shields’ growing number of health system partners across the country.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that it has partnered with Sharp HealthCare (Sharp), a not-for-profit regional healthcare group in San Diego, to collaborate on an expansion of a specialty pharmacy program that provides patients with complex, chronic conditions access to specialized pharmacy services designed to lower costs, expand treatment options, enhance medication management, and improve overall health.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, is proud to award resident research grants in the amount of $5,000 to supplement two existing initiatives advancing health system specialty pharmacy in 2024. This marks the fourth consecutive year Shields has offered grants to qualified health systems in the interest of furthering health system-based specialty pharmacy. Recipients of this year’s grant include Jason Au, PharmD from the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Jennifer Chang, PharmD and Tiffany Tsai, PharmD of UC Davis Health.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, recently published its latest patient outcomes in key disease states such as hepatitis C, HIV, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and multiple sclerosis (MS). Through collaboration with its health system partners nationwide, these industry-leading patient outcomes further illustrate the effectiveness of Shields’ integrated care model.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that it has partnered with Tennessee-based Erlanger to establish a new specialty pharmacy program. The collaboration with the nationally-acclaimed, multi-hospital health system will provide patients who have complex, chronic conditions increased access to specialized pharmacy services developed to lower costs, bolster treatment options, improve medication management, and enhance overall health.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announces that it is partnering with Elliot Health System, the largest provider of comprehensive healthcare services in Southern New Hampshire, to launch a new pharmacy program to meet the unique needs of patients with complex, chronic conditions. The program will increase access to specialized pharmacy services designed to lower costs, expand treatment options, enhance medication management, and improve overall health.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that it has partnered with Nemours Children’s Health, Delaware, to collaborate in developing a specialty pharmacy program that will provide patients with complex, chronic conditions access to specialized pharmacy services designed to lower costs, expand treatment options, enhance medication management, and improve overall health.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced that it has partnered with MyMichigan Health, a non-profit health system serving 25 Michigan counties, to collaborate in developing a specialty pharmacy program. The program will help to meet the unique needs of patients with complex, chronic conditions with access to specialized pharmacy services designed to lower costs, expand treatment options, enhance medication management, and improve overall health.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the nation’s premier specialty pharmacy accelerator, announced today that it has partnered with Phoenix Children’s, one of the fastest-growing pediatric healthcare systems in the country, to develop a new specialty pharmacy program. The collaboration will provide patients who have complex, chronic conditions easier access to specialized pharmacy services designed to lower costs, expand treatment options, enhance medication management, and improve overall health.

Shields Health Solutions (ShieldsRx), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today it is now partnered with more than 850 hospitals at over 75 health systems after recently adding four new health system partners. As the number of patients managing chronic conditions and rare diseases continues to rise, ShieldsRx health system partners are uniquely positioned to improve therapy management and care coordination for complex patients, helping to improve outcomes through high-quality care. ShieldsRx’s nationwide footprint of health systems represents more than 1 million patients nationwide across 44 U.S. states.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the nation’s premier specialty pharmacy accelerator, is proud to award a resident research grant in the amount of $5,000 to supplement existing projects or initiatives which advance health system specialty pharmacy in Q4 of 2022. It marks the third straight year Shields has offered grants to qualified health systems in the interest of advancing their health system-based specialty pharmacy.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that it will host a session titled “The Evolution of Specialty Pharmacy” at the Hospital Health System Workshop during the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) Annual Meeting & Expo in Kissimmee, Fla. In addition, Shields pharmacists will present eight posters at the conference that address treating a range of specialty disease states, reducing the cost of specialty care and how integrated health systems can compare performance through reporting.

Shields Health Solutions, the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, is proud to announce that it has earned URAC accreditation in specialty pharmacy services. URAC is the independent leader in promoting health care quality by setting high standards for clinical practice, consumer protections, performance measurement, operations infrastructure and risk management. By achieving this status, Shields Health Solutions demonstrates commitment to quality care, enhanced processes, patient safety and improved outcomes.

Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that Billings Clinic has expanded its partnership with Shields. The partnership will build on a strong relationship with the largest independent health system in Montana which began in 2017 with Excelera, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shields, and will focus on providing patients suffering from complex, chronic conditions access to specialized pharmacy services that will continue to keep care local and provide high-quality care to as many patients as possible.

Shields Health Solutions (ShieldsRx), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that Lillian Piz, Manager of Population Health at ShieldsRx, will present a poster on the effectiveness of its pharmacy liaison-managed diabetes care model at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE) Annual Meeting.

Shields Health Solutions (ShieldsRx), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that Chrissy Kendrick, SPHR, senior director of human resources, and Kristen Ditch, PharmD, BCCCP, manager of clinical outcomes at ShieldsRx, will participate in a Thought Leadership Discussion hosted by The Alliance for Health Policy as part of its annual Signature Series on Thursday, April 14.

Shields Health Solutions (ShieldsRx), the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today that it is Great Place to Work-Certified™ for the second year in a row. Additionally, Forbes recognized ShieldsRx as a Best Startup Employer for 2022.

Specialty pharmacy integrator Shields Health Solutions today announced that new or renewed certifications and credentials have been awarded to 34 Shields pharmacists by multiple national leading specialty pharmacy organizations and associations in 2021. Specifically, the following certifications and credentials have been awarded:

Shields Health Solutions, the nation’s premier specialty pharmacy accelerator, is proud to award resident research grants in the amount of $5,000 each to supplement existing projects or initiatives which advance health system specialty pharmacy in Q4 of 2021. It marks the second straight year Shields has offered grants to qualified health systems in the interest of advancing their health system-based specialty pharmacy.

Shields Health Solutions, the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the country, is drastically improving medication affordability for its diabetes patients through its high-touch pharmacy care model. Since 2018, Shields has been simplifying pharmacy care for diabetes patients and clinics through its pharmacy liaison-based model, bringing average annual out-of-pocket costs for insulin-dependent patients to $225, more than 50% lower than the national average.1

Excelera®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shields Health Solutions and the company behind the Excelera Network, announced today a new specialty pharmacy-focused educational offering in partnership with Aptitude Health, which provides critical insights for life sciences companies and healthcare professionals to improve cancer care and outcomes. Together, the companies will publish key takeaways and potential implications for pharmacy professionals from Aptitude’s Evolving Paradigms in Care (EPICS) programs, which include congresses and global perspectives focused on major solid tumor and hematologic malignancies and the incorporation of new clinical data in disease management and treatment approaches. The new initiative underscores the importance of extending disease state-specific hematology and oncology insights in support of the integrated health system model and its multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.

Specialty pharmacy integrator Shields Health Solutions and Excelera®, a wholly owned subsidiary of a subsidiary of Shields and the company behind the Excelera Network, today announced that eight Shields partner pharmacists and four Excelera Network pharmacists have earned or recertified for the exclusive Certified Specialty Pharmacist (CSP) credential from the Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board (SPCB).

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS), a leading health care innovator in Louisiana and Mississippi, and Shields Health Solutions, the country’s leading specialty pharmacy integrator and accelerator, announced a partnership that will enhance FMOLHS’ specialty pharmacy services by lowering costs, expanding treatment options and refining medication management.

Kettering Health has entered an agreement with Excelera®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shields Health Solutions and the company behind the Excelera Network, making it the first Excelera Network member in Ohio. Excelera works with health systems to improve complex patient care through the optimization of participants’ existing specialty pharmacies. It broadens patient services and expands access to limited distribution drugs (LDDs).