We know you are struggling
with a tough environment . . .
Increasing Population
Between 1995 and 2004 the incarcerated population grew by
3.5% annually. During the same period, the number of inmates
held in local jails increased 41% from 507,044 to 713,990.
Between 1995 and 1999 the annual growth rate of inmates 66
years of age and older was 39%. Since 1980 the U.S. female
incarcerated population has grown 500%.
Increasing Utilization
In 1970 there were only 650 medications on the market. Today
there are more than 10,000. In the last decade the number of
prescriptions written has doubled from 2 billion to 4 billion.
Increasing Expenditures
From 1998 to 2000 total U.S. pharmaceutical spending experienced
increases of 15.5, 16.4 , and 20%,
respectively. This outpaced the growth rates realized for overall
medical costs (6.1, 9, and 12%) in the same period. In 2001
$3.3 billion, or 12% of total operating expenditures, was attributed
to medical care in state prisons.
The
Value of Clinical Pharmacy
"Decreases
adverse drug events (ADEs)"
- JAMA 1999; 282(3):267-70
"Saves unnecessary
drug costs"
- Archives of Internal Medicine 1999;
158:1641-7
"$500,000:
Estimated cost savings for a medium
size hospital's pharmacy department
in one year due to clinical pharmacy
services"
- American Journal of Health-Systems
Pharmacy 1999; 56:945-9
"Increases
cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical
care"
- Pharmacotherapy 2000; 20:429-35
"Enhances
Prescribing Patterns and Quality
of Care"
- Pharmacotherapy 2000; 20:abstract
159
"$45.6 billion:
Cost-avoidance in drug-related problems
if clinical pharmacy services were
implemented in all U.S. ambulatory
populations and nursing facilities"
- American Journal of Health-Systems
Pharmacy 1998;55:1588-94
SAFE... Reducing Human Error and
Ensuring Patient Safety Manage the
medication process from order entry
to patient administration ensuring
the Five Rights of Medication Administration.
SMART... Advancing
Medication Management Technology Manage
medication with intelligent software
that provides more time for patient
care and an in-depth view of all issues
surrounding medication storage and
delivery.
SIMPLE... Delivering
Easy and Trouble-free Solutions Manage
medication with ServeRx, a user-friendly
system that is easy to use, maintain
and expand.
  
Clinical Solutions was founded on the principle that cost effective pharmaceutical
care, as in a nursing home or hospital, is necessary in the correctional setting
to maintain an optimal level of care while minimizing costs. Clinical Solutions
provides medication therapy management from the time of dispensing to administration
to patient outcome.
We believe...
Medications dispensed to America's
incarcerated patients are NOT simply
a commodity.
We believe...
Negotiating for lower drug prices
is just a small part of the solution
of cost effective medication management.
We believe...
The standard of correctional pharmacy
has become simply shipping medications
from the pharmacy to the facility,
however this is NOT complete medication
therapy management.
Christi Throneberry, PharmD, CCHP
Dr. Throneberry
received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree
from Samford University McWhorter
School of Pharmacy in Birmingham,
Alabama. Her post-graduate studies
have included an ASHP accredited Pharmacy
Practice Residency at Saint Thomas
Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. She
has conducted extensive research in
the areas of medication safety as well
as cost-benefit analyses of clinical
pharmacy intervention in the management
of chronic renal disease and anticoagulation
therapy. Dr. Throneberry’s current
focus is on drug information support
and health outcomes research.
Syd Mulder, PharmD, CCHP
Dr. Mulder graduated with honors
from Samford University McWhorter School
of Pharmacy where he received his Doctor
of Pharmacy degree. His post-graduate
training includes health outcomes and
pharmacoeconomic research. His practice
experience includes community pharmacy
management with emphasis on inventory
control measures. He has considerable
experience in managed care pharmacy
practice where he specializes in drug
utilization management in the correctional
population. Dr. Mulder also holds the
position of Assistant Professor of
Pharmacy Practice at the University
of Tennessee College of Pharmacy.
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