Benzer Pharmacy adds med sync program

TAMPA, Fla. — Benzer Pharmacy announced Wednesday that it would be adding to the services it offers patients, introducing a medication synchronization program aimed at increasing patient adherence and streamlining the process of picking up multiple medications. 

 

Benzer Pharmacy said it would offer a check-in with patients a week before their pickup date to adjust for medication changes and remind patients a day before they’re meant to pick up their prescriptions. Benzer’s med sync initiative will use the National Community Pharmacists Association’s Simplify My Meds program. 

 

“We are excited to enroll new patients to this program,” Benzer Pharmacy clinical coordinator Wendy Cavanaugh said. “A new national opinion survey found that 83 percent of patients signed up for med sync services say that they are very helpful in managing their prescription refills.”

 

The survey, conducted by Langer Research Associates found that Americans aged 40 years and older have an average C+ grade when it comes to adherence. Nonadherence is estimated to cost as much as $290 billion annually.