Caring for patients where they are: Examining a successful home infusion program
Care is moving outside the hospital at a faster and faster pace. Due to payer mandates, shifts in sites of care to locations outside the hospital will bring an additional 18 percent expansion of patient visits to physician offices and outpatient facilities by 2032. Strategies for home infusion will play a big role in this shift as well. Currently, over 550 medications are available for home infusion. On this episode, two leading experts will detail their successful home infusion strategy at their organization. Guests: Alicia Ranasinghe, PharmD, IgCP Medication Access Services Pharmacist Fairview Home Infusion Brett Benfield Director of Home Infusion and Compounding Fairview Infusion Consulting Services Moderator: Jim Lichauer, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP Performance Improvement Program Director Vizient Show Notes: [01:35] Fairview Pharmacy Services and home infusion [03:06] IVIG Stewardship Program [04:13] Process to establish patients in home infusion [05:25] Pharmacist involvement [05:50] Getting buy-in from colleagues [06:58] Impact on patients [08:12] Looking to the future [08:39] Take-aways from the program Resources: Contacting Knowledge on the Go: picollaboratives@vizientinc.com Jim’s email: jim.lichauer@vizientinc.com Alicia’s email: alicia.ranasinghe@fairview.org Brett’s email: brett.benfield@fairview.org Subscribe Today! Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Android RSS Feed