How to make Pharmacy “The Easy Part” of the patient experience. Anyone who’s ever been a hospital patient, or patient caregiver, knows that the mental strain of a serious illness can often match the negative impact of the physical trauma. Particularly when an illness is chronic and/or long-term, the stress involved in managing the details … Read More
Before we begin, we’re going to be honest with you. A significant component of VytlOne’s business is guiding 340B health systems through the process of building, accrediting, funding, launching and managing on-campus specialty pharmacies. Many times in this space, we’ve maintained that every 340B hospital should consider owning a specialty pharmacy. We’re currently in the … Read More
There are so many reasons Brandi Henneman has had such a positive impact on participation rates for VytlOne’s Readmission Reduction program at South Carolina’s Conway Medical Center. Chief among them, her first-rate professionalism, and her genuinely caring disposition — which immediately tells patients she has their best interests at heart. It’s a sense of comfort … Read More
(Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch our Program Overview video) As noted in a 2018 study conducted by the National Institutes Of Health (NIH), one of the cornerstones of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the Hospital Quality Initiative for enhancing patient safety, reducing hospital readmissions, improving quality, … Read More
Week One: Tallahassee, Florida. Training at the pharmacy. Week Two: Holyoke, Massachusetts. Training at the pharmacy. Week Three: Houma, Louisiana. Training at the pharmacy. Week Four: Home. You’d think, at some point, that a life spent mostly on the road — living out of a suitcase, repeating the same processes week-in and week-out — might … Read More
POST OUTLINE PHASE ONE: Organizing 340B data, coordinating teams Connecting and educating 340B system providers Requalifying all eligible, but unreimbursed, 340B scripts Retrieving 340B eligible-script data Establishing communication lines between internal and external 340B teams Why specialized software is essential for successful 340B programs The central problem with most 340B programs’ data Why 340B software … Read More
Far too many 340B hospitals overlook pharmacy’s overall potential in their health systems’ revenue cycles. Below is a graphic overview of VytlOne’s integrated approach to optimizing a health system’s pharmacy services, savings and revenue. In 340B support alone, we’ve generated over $500 million for the hospitals we serve — revenue those systems have used to … Read More
The first thing new patients at VytlOne’s Pharmacy in Ocean Springs notice about Mae Durkin are the good manners. While she greets them by their first names, it’s always preceded by the title: “Mister” John, “Miss” Jane. It’s more than a habit. It’s an hereditary trait. (“My mother didn’t get mad much, but one of … Read More
Why a Specialty Pharmacy? (Overview) As chronic illnesses become increasingly common in the United States, the number of specialty medications for managing these conditions has skyrocketed. According to a report by The American Hospital Association, the number of Americans with chronic medical conditions will grow by a projected 9% between 2020 and 2030, an increase … Read More
If you’re a first-time patient of VytlOne’s pharmacy at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, and you want to get Mariana Elia talking, really talking, it helps to know key trigger words. Key words and phrases like “Hello,” “How are you?” and “Tell me about yourself.” All highly effective for starting a lively conversation, to be sure. But … Read More
