Intended audience: Pharmacy unit-based team members
Best used: Use this project idea from Southern California to improve over-the-counter pharmacy sales and help meet the Alliance PSP affordability goal.
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Improving over-the-counter sales can help pharmacy teams meet the Alliance PSP affordability goal and improve patient satisfaction.
Intended audience: Members of unions in the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and their managers
Best used: Download this zip folder that includes an informational flier, how-to flier, huddle messages, and PowerPoint to encourage Coalition union members to use mail order pharmacy delivery. You can also find MOP virtual backgrounds for Teams and Zoom here. Some versions are available in English and Spanish.
Best used: Encourage your fellow Coalition union members and dependents to choose mail order delivery for their prescriptions. Available in English and Spanish.
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Want to keep prescription costs low? Choose mail order pharmacy delivery today.
Directions: Right-click on the Download MP4 link above (option-click on a Mac) and choose the “Save as…” command.
Next steps: Get ideas on how you can use LMP videos in your meetings and trainings, plus information on handling zip files.
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By working with other departments to get the data they need, members of this pharmacy team in the Northwest reduced their expired-medication costs by 90 percent. What can your team learn from its success to help keep Kaiser Permanente affordable?
Produced by Jennifer Gladwell. Edited by Jennifer Gladwell and Kellie Applen. Videography and Photography by Beverly White and Laura Morton.
Goldilocks and Costco Inspire Big Pharmacy Savings
Reviewing ordering and inventory practices
Working with pharmacists to better manage the ordering of specialty drugs
Increasing bulk purchasing
What can your team do to manage your inventory better? What else could your team do to save money?