Case Study
Patagonia Health’s built-in Pharmacy App Automates Pharmacy Workflow for Public Health Department at Hoke County
Patagonia Health’s built-in Pharmacy App Automates Pharmacy Workflow for Public Health Department at Hoke County
Case Study - Pharmacy App www.patagoniahealth.com Patagonia Health’s built-in Pharmacy App Automates Pharmacy Workflow for Public Health Department at Hoke County BACKGROUND For public health departments and behavioral health agen- cies, having an in-house pharmacy is an added benefit for the patients they serve. For example, local health depart- ments dispense family planning medications (e.g. birth control pills) as part of family planning Title X program. Similarly, behavioral health agencies dispense medications including methadone. But while providing the convenience of medication dispensing by the agency is an important part of quality care, handling the inventory and dispensing medi- cations can be a daunting task to manage with accuracy. For local health departments, m