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Streamlining Point-of-Care Testing in Time for Flu Season
Discover how our platform can simplify flu care delivery and help pharmacies become more patient-focused and evolve beyond a traditional retail setting.
The Potential for Change
The CDC reported 27 million illnesses, 300,000 hospitalizations, and 19,000 deaths during the 2022-23 flu season.
Improving access to testing and treatment in the early stages of infection can reduce the effects of viruses like influenza.
Point-of-care testing (POCT) allows pharmacies to expand patient care services for a broader population and simultaneously increase revenue.
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Sources: NASPA, Ability of Community Pharmacists to Independently Perform CLIA-waived Testing – A multistate legal review
The data in the tables was collected between May 19, 2023, and May 30, 2023. It is possible for the data to have changed since then. It is always best to confirm with your state government whether a pharmacist has prescribing authority and if so, what type of authority (direct vs. CPA).
This is an ever-evolving landscape. Some states have proposed legislation at various stages, including some that have recently passed and are reflected in our data and disagree with our primary sources due to the date of publication of those sources.
Test-to-Treat data indicates jurisdictions that allow a pharmacist to independently perform CLIA-waived testing.
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Yes: Pharmacists have direct prescribing authority, OR they have delegated prescribing authority/Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPA).
No: Pharmacists do not have prescribing authority.
Test: Pharmacists have direct prescribing authority OR they have delegated prescribing authority/Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPA). It might also mean they can only perform testing rather than test-to-treat.
Proposed: Legislation or bill under consideration by a legislature.
Unclear: The policy is vague or not defined for the respective state.
Silent: The respective state has not announced any intention of policy change.
The Benefits
Serve the Community
Position your pharmacy as a healthcare destination by offering POCT services. Pharmacy-based management of influenza can:
Improve patient access to treatment
Shorten illness duration & decrease infectivity
Reduce patient wait times & overall costs
Prevent complications
Expand Your Business
Patients rely on pharmacies for high-quality and convenient clinical services now more than ever. Pharmacy staff and management benefit from:
Opportunity to attract new patients
Increased in-store spending of existing customers
Increased enthusiasm and sense of purpose for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
The All-in-One Solution
Workflow Services provides the support pharmacies need to implement and streamline point-of-care testing this fall.
Our platform provides seamless point-of-care medical workflow software solutions. Workflow Services is an end-to-end solution for pharmacies that are ready to start or expand their clinical services offering. This includes patient engagement tools, pharmacist user-decision support workflow tools, pharmacist credentialing and contracting services, and automated medical billing services.
Digitize patient forms, reducing staff burden
Patients securely complete forms from their devices (no app download required)
Protocol changes and form updates can be instantly pushed across the organization
Digitized data is automatically reported to health authorities as required
Turn care protocols into high-quality decision support
Simplify complex collaborative practice agreements and point-of-care protocols
Reduce errors and expedite workflows for any encounter
Patient responses automatically feed into decision-support algorithms, directing care
Patient counseling and care delivery
Automatically communicate test results securely to patients
Provide patient guidance on pharmacist-led prescriptions or referrals to other providers
Details of patient encounter recorded for compliance and analytics
See how Workflow Services is improving clinical service delivery in pharmacy
