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Saving Money Through Prescriptions
Pharmacy UBT reduced the number of high-cost prescriptions filled outside KP pharmacies and saved over $108,000 in 2021.
- When health plan members use KP pharmacies, the cost is lower for them and for the organization.
- 团队成员联系了Kaiser Permanente在KP药店外开处方的患者,并解释了在KP内订购药物的好处。
Pharmacy Helps Patients Get Mammograms
The team worked with Imaging department staff to identify patients overdue for breast cancer screenings and to help fast-track their mammogram appointments.
- 预防性筛查对于早期发现疾病很重要,因为治疗是最有效的。
- Checking patients’ electronic medical records to identify those due for breast cancer screenings
Fresh Perspective Spurs Workflow Innovation
Listening to the "voice of the customer" is the key to getting results.
- 及时提供药物对病人护理至关重要,并能减轻工作人员的焦虑和压力。
- Shadowing hospital nurses to better understand their wants and needs.
Teamwork Keeps Inventory in Check
This pharmacy team reduced the cost of expired medications by 90 percent after partnering with data specialists to identify and remove outdated drugs from the shelf.
- Keeping outdated medications in stock is a waste of money and a potential safety hazard if dispensed to patients.
- 团队成员与药房分析师一起工作,确定周转缓慢的药物,并监控库存,以避免库存过多。
Costco and Goldilocks Inspire Savings
This outpatient pharmacy team saved more than $1 million in five months by increasing bulk purchasing and ordering just the right amount—no more, no less—of high-cost medications for members.
- 通过订购正确数量的药物,药房节省了资金,并帮助我们的会员负担得起KP。
- Working with pharmacists to better manage the ordering of specialty drugs
Follow-Up Orders Save Lives
Adhering to important guidelines to keep patients safe and healthy after surgery was high after this team educated staff and coordinated with pharmacists and other teams to ensure compliance.
- VTE prophylaxis helps prevent post-operative complications.
- Coordinating with pharmacies to keep with SCIP guidelines
Young Asthma Patients Need Refills
儿科部门发现了哮喘患者,并解释了吸入皮质类固醇的好处,增加了需要的患者的补药次数。
- Taking medication regularly helps patients manage their asthma.
- Reaching out to asthma patients to recommend refilling their medications
Improve Inpatient Med Deliveries
The pharmacy posted laminated cards of commonly used drugs, they made deliveries 15 minutes early, and color-coded bins of new meds to distinguish from discontinued meds.
- Reducing the number of overdue meds ensures proper care.
- Identifying potential pharmacy delays can improve service
Your Team Can Shorten Wait Times
It takes a team to speed up the line and keep the customer happy.
- Long waits and long pharmacy lines reduce morale for both customers and employees.
- Getting the entire staff involved to improve customer service
Safety’s Secret Ingredient
The Ambulatory Care Pharmacy team achieved 3 ½ years without a workplace injury by training staff as ergonomic assessors and implementing peer safety rounds.
- The department’s strong speaking-up culture helps team members address problems quickly.
- Training staff members as ergonomic assessors and developing peer safety rounds
Pharmacy Cuts Wait Times
Pharmacy team fills 89 percent of prescriptions in 15 minutes, and improves patient satisfaction scores 5.7 percent in one year.
- Backups in workflow contribute to long patient wait times and low patient satisfaction scores.
- A pharmacist now continually monitors incoming same-day prescriptions, and moves them ahead of the line to be processed immediately.
Priority Prescriptions in 15 Minutes
Pharmacy team does better than regional goal, filling 88 percent of high-priority prescriptions promptly.
- Team overcame challenges — the department was undergoing a remodel and adjusting to a new robot dispensing device—to meet a regional “fill now” goal.
- Team implemented a quiet zone, which reduced distractions.