How Specialty Pharmacy Improves Care for Patients

U-M Health Specialty Pharmacy provides a superior experience and better outcomes for patients.

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Michigan Answers for patients with complex health care needs

Patients with complex, chronic or rare health conditions can face countless challenges accessing medications and therapies that are essential to their treatment. U-M Health Specialty Pharmacy is designed to transform the way our patients manage their prescriptions, taking the work off of them and their care team so they can focus on their care and their healing journey. 

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Research Shows the U-M Health Specialty Pharmacy Impact
Faster access
to prescriptions for patients across all specialty clinics
Higher patient satisfaction
associated with specialty pharmacy prescription fulfillment
Positive impact
from specialty pharmacists taking the lead on educating patients about their medications
Improved outcomes
and reduction in adverse events from being able to fill RX faster for patients
Our Pharmacy Team Makes a Difference

Unlike traditional pharmacies, U-M Health Specialty Pharmacy offers personalized services such as medication counseling, financial assistance coordination, and regular follow-ups to monitor progress and address side effects. Most importantly, we can help ensure patients get timely access to life-changing treatments, without the delays that often come with needing to manage the prescription fulfillment process on your own.

By providing tailored support and collaborating closely with a patient’s U-M Health care team, we make it easier for patients to fill and use their prescriptions, empowering them to thrive on their health journey.

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What Patients are Saying

“When I call them up, it’s not a series of call flow questions. It’s a series of care questions. Not sometimes, all the time. Have I missed doses? Have I had reactions? The holiday is coming up, can we arrange that? How are you feeling? Questions for the pharmacy? The injections are always packaged properly and cold. They make it a priority to give you what you need. It’s a beautiful relationship.”

Jay F.
U-M Health Specialty Pharmacy Patient
What Physicians are Saying

U-M Health Specialty Pharmacy has been a game changer for my patients. We have a pharmacy team that understands the nuances of how quickly we need to treat these diseases. And they offer timely support for our patients because at the end of the day, what is most important is getting our patients their prescriptions in a timely and safe manner. It’s so much better for the patient, because it can help prevent complications and hospitalizations.

Puja Khanna, M.D.
Rheumatologist
Nationally ranked hospitals and patient care

U-M Health University of Michigan Health is committed to ensuring Michiganders have access to the right care in the right place at the right time. That means keeping care close to home as much as possible by collaborating with hospitals around the state to expand local access to specialty care. It means working with community-based health providers to serve patients near where they live and work, whenever possible. Learn about our clinics, hospitals and patient care programs.