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Study Reveals Home Infusion Pharmacists’ Vital Role With Specialty Drugs

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    Dec 12, 2024

    In 2019, home infusion pharmacies served more than 315,000 specialty patients, with about 10% of total home infusion patients receiving specialty drugs. With these specialty products administered less often than nonspecialty drugs, there is limited data on how much time pharmacists spend on care planning and clinical involvement. But a recent study published in Infusion Journal — which is published by the National Home Infusion Association’s (NHIA) National Home Infusion Foundation (NHIF) — has revealed some details about that.

    NHIF conducted a multicenter study of pharmacists from participating home infusion providers who reported the time they spent on clinical and administrative duties, tracking their time from when a patient was referred to the completion of two dispensing cycles.

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    • Angela Maas

    Angela has an extensive background of editing, reporting and writing for trade and consumer publications. She has written Radar on Specialty Pharmacy since she joined AIS Health in 2005 and has broad knowledge of the various issues at play within the space. She also has written for Spotlight on Market Access since its 2017 launch. Before joining AIS Health, she was managing editor at Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit News Canada and managing editor at Hem Aware (a hemophilia publication), Lupus Living and Momentum (a multiple sclerosis publication). She has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in British literature from Arizona State University.

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