Smart Solutions for Specialty Prescriptions

Specialty medications can come with a high price tag and specialty mail-order pharmacies, mostly run by pharmacy benefit managers, have frequently created delays in getting necessary medications to patients.

However, new technologies have created a way for clinics and community practices to provide specialty medications to patients directly from their clinics. This makes it possible for clinics to have personalized, in-house pharmacies with shorter waiting periods and stronger doctor-patient relationships.

Learn how Ogi Kavazovic, Co-founder and CEO of House Rx, and Denali Cahoon, the tech start-up’s Chief Pharmacy and Operating Officer, have launched a platform to help clinics make this possible.

Plus, hear about how Sami Leyde’s 14-year journey to get reach a diagnosis led her to create an online blog that documented her experiences with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

Hosts: 

Terry Wilcox, Executive Director, Patients Rising

Dr. Robert Goldberg, “Dr. Bob,” Co-Founder and Vice President of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest

Kate Pecora, Field Correspondent 

Guests:

Ogi Kavazovic,  Co-founder and CEO of House Rx

Denali Cahoon, Chief Pharmacy and Operating Officer at House Rx

Sami Leyde, Patient Advocate and author of the ZeBrave Blog

Links: 

Industry Voices—Integrating pharmacy into specialty practices improves access, care

House Rx

Alzheimer's drug slows progression of cognitive decline in clinical trial, drugmakers say

Ze Brave Blog

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