Blog Archive

Introducing RAIph

Your personal, pocket-sized pharmacist! Now, busy Nurses can have all their medication questions answered in real time, right from their phone. RAIph saves valuable time, while reinforcing best practices and consistency of care. RAIph is an AI-powered clinical query-bot trained on the entire OnePoint Patient Care Clinical Symptom Guide, delivering trusted, hospice-specific pharmaceutical insight exactly […]

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Together As One: Inspiring stories out of Oklahoma

Pharmacists Angela Stokes and James Meadors recount their experiences serving the Oklahoma hospice community during challenging conditions.  During the recent severe storms in Oklahoma, when record amounts of swirling snow and sleet impacted the state, OnePoint Patient Care remained fully operational and serving our hospice Nurses, caregivers and patients. Despite the dangerous conditions, our colleagues […]

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Clozapine in Hospice: What you need to know

Clozapine is a highly effective atypical antipsychotic, but it’s not without drawbacks (Table 1). Historically, patients, prescribers and pharmacies were required to enroll in the Clozapine REMS program due to the drug’s potential to cause agranulocytosis. The REMS program was officially eliminated on June 13th, 2025, though the FDA still recommends that prescribers monitor absolute […]

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Together as One | Dhanesh V. Bissessar

Our “Together as One” series spotlights nurses, physicians, pharmacy staff and others who positively impact the lives of hospice patients and their families every day. Through the dedicated and compassionate work of these inspiring professionals, patients receive the high-quality care and attentive consideration they deserve. Together with innovative and responsive hospice partners, they create the […]

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Considerations for Antiseizure Medication Conversions

Our hospice partners occasionally ask how to convert patients from one antiseizure medication (ASM) to another. These requests are usually driven by cost or formulary considerations, but other common reasons include lack of efficacy, intolerable adverse effects, and problematic drug-drug interactions. Ideally, formulary / cost shouldn’t be the sole basis for rotating to an alternate […]

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Together as One | Haylee Cagle

Our “Together as One” series spotlights nurses, physicians, pharmacists and others who positively impact the lives of hospice patients and their families every day. Through the dedicated and compassionate work of these inspiring professionals, patients receive the high-quality care and attentive consideration they deserve. Together with innovative and responsive hospice partners, they create the network […]

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Together as One | Michelle Baker

Our “Together as One” series spotlights nurses, physicians, pharmacists and others who positively impact the lives of hospice patients and their families every day. Through the dedicated and compassionate work of these inspiring professionals, patients receive the high-quality care and attentive consideration they deserve. Together with innovative and responsive hospice partners, they create the network […]

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How One Hospice Provider Reduced Avoidable Medication Spend by 95%

Originally published on HospiceNews.com Views, read about Hope Hospice’s experience utilizing MyMetRx: For Hope Hospice, prescribing habits were… fine. Not bad. Not great. An affiliate of Chapters Health System, Hope Hospice, based in Fort Myers, Florida, was looking for ways to optimize their ordering habits — particularly for drugs that could be deprescribed or that […]

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Suzetrigine (Journavx) for Hospice Pain Management: A Promising Advancement or Too Early to Tell?

In light of the ongoing opioid crisis, there’s been a significant push to develop new medications for pain that have fewer side effects and lower risks of addiction and overdose. The highly anticipated approval of suzetrigine (trade name Journavx) in January 2025 marks the first time in over 20 years that a drug from a […]

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OnePoint Vice President of Clinical Services Joe Solien named Hospice News Frontline Hero

OnePoint Patient Care’s Vice President of Clinical Services Joe Solien, PharmD, BCPP, BCGP was named a 2024 Frontline Hero by Hospice News. According to Hospice News, a Frontline Honoree is: A dedicated, high-performing frontline worker who delivers exceptional experiences and outcomes A passionate worker who knows how to put their vision into action for the […]

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