Case Study
UHS Expands Specialty Pharmacy Services to Improve Patient Care
A COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY United Health Services (UHS), a large health system located in upstate New York with over 60 locations, including three hospitals, is committed to giving patients easy access to quality healthcare across the region. That’s why in 2019, the health system launched its outpatient specialty pharmacy for UHS Binghamton General Hospital, which includes the Wilson Medical Center. According to William Waldron, RPh, MHA — Director of Outpatient Services at UHS, their journey to establish a specialty pharmacy began in 2018. “After our previous director of pharmacy attended a focused session on specialty pharmacy services at a national industry conference, we decided to take a closer look at our infrastructure to see if it made sense for our organization and our community,”