By Tracy McMorrow, PharmD, Owner, Consultant Pharmacist
Who is Specialty Pharmacy Services?
Specialty Pharmacy Services is the community affiliate to IV Stat, Inc., a local pharmacy that has specialized in providing medications and services to patients in long term care facilities including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, group homes and other special needs situations since 1998. Unlike IV Stat, Inc., Specialty Pharmacy Services is available to the public on an appointment-only basis, providing exceptional service and specialized packaging to assist patients and caregivers with their medications. Call today at (850) 226-8162 for an appointment!
What is WeManageMeds?
WeManageMeds is a FREE service Specialty Pharmacy Services offers to patients that want to take control of their healthcare. Rather than you contacting your doctors and pharmacists for refills, sorting and organizing monthly pill boxes, and contacting your insurance for coverage and benefits, WeManageMeds does all that for you! Our licensed professional pharmacists and staff review, discuss, customize, synchronize and strip all your medications for the entire month into one RxSTRIP of individual dose packs to ensure you take all the medication as prescribed. This approach has proven effective in reducing medication errors and subsequently reducing emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Visit our website at www.WeManageMeds.com for more information!
What is an RxSTRIP?
WeManageMeds simplifies taking multiple medications by organizing them the way patients take them. Rather than receiving multiple pill bottles each month that you then have to sort and organize into pill boxes, WeManageMeds does all that for you! Our professionally licensed staff strip medications into individual dose packs containing all of your medications scheduled to be taken at a particular date and time. The dose packs are connected into one RxSTRIP for the entire month. Simply tear off a strip and go! RxSTRIP dose packs are easy to open and clearly labeled with patient and drug information so you know you’re taking the right medication at the right time. This helps increase your medication adherence, which is a fancy medical term for sticking to the doctor’s orders!
TOP 10 Reasons to choose RxSTRIP packaging over bottle packaging?
• Increases Medication Adherence and reduces missed doses, double doses, doses taken at the wrong time and other potential mistakes.
• Eliminates stress and confusion from organizing pill boxes and identifying pills.
• Individually sealed dose packs reduce the chance of pill spills.
• With individual dose packs, you always know you’ve taken your medications.
• Discrete and compact dose packs fit anywhere for work, day trips or travel.
• Daily strips align with the calendar so it’s easy to see when you need more.
• Integrity of medication is secure with individually sealed doses.
• Get all your meds from one single-source RxSTRIP that is easy to store and transport.
• Peace of mind knowing that your child is given the right medication and that the medication has been unaltered when given at school or away from home.
• We actually CARE about your health and wellbeing!
Can I get ALL my medications filled at Specialty Pharmacy Services even if they don’t fit in the RxSTRIP?
YES – and it is actually preferred! We gladly fill your creams, ointments, inhalers, injections and even the occasional antibiotic. This provides the pharmacist better insight into your overall health profile and allows for screening of drug interactions, duplications and other potential issues.
Visit us on the web at www.wemanagemeds.com. Our office is located at 533 Eglin Pkwy. NE, Fort Walton Beach, in Paradise Plaza next to Denny’s.
