May 8, 2025
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 […]
Read MoreMay 7, 2025
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 […]
Read MoreApril 14, 2025
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 […]
Read MoreMarch 20, 2025
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 […]
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2025
Generally speaking, the use of vitamins at end of life is not beneficial. Still, hospice patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) might be reluctant to stop taking their eye vitamins out of fear of going blind during their final months of life. AMD is a degenerative disease that damages the macula (the central portion of […]
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2025
Experienced pharmacy provider now bringing expert dispensing and personalized support to PACE participants Morton Grove, IL – January 30, 2025 – OnePoint Patient Care, a leading provider of community based pharmacy services, is proud to announce the launch of OnePoint PACE, a new business line that will bring the company’s medication dispensing expertise and high […]
Read MoreOctober 30, 2024
Phenazopyridine (Pyridium) is a urinary analgesic that’s been around for over 100 years.1-3 In fact, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers it a “grandfathered” drug, so safety and efficacy data from clinical trials is limited and its therapeutic role is based primarily on clinical observations.1,2 It’s solely a urinary analgesic (through an unknown mechanism) […]
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2024
As hospices operate with limited funds, minimizing drug costs is important. Therapeutic substitution, where one drug is replaced with a less expensive drug, is one tool to help with this. One substitution we’re occasionally asked about is using valproic acid (VPA) (Depakene) in place of divalproex sodium (Depakote). VPA costs about half as much as […]
Read MoreAugust 21, 2024
Originally published on HospiceNews.com, OnePoint Vice President – Client Services Kenny Judd sat down with Hospice News to discuss discuss the state of hospice pharmacy service nationally, the challenges local providers face in caring for this unique patient population and the role which OnePoint plays in ensuring providers have a reliable, sustainable community-based and hospice-dedicated […]
Read MoreJuly 8, 2024
The oral route is by far the most popular and convenient means of drug administration, even in the hospice setting. However, for various reasons (e.g., dysphagia, nausea / vomiting, bowel obstruction, obtundation) as many as 70% of hospice patients will need their medications to be administered by non-oral routes.a-c Rectal drug administration is probably done […]
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