Phoebe Ministries operates its own
in-house pharmacy. Phoebe Services Pharmacy provides
dispensing and consulting services to all Phoebe communities.
The goal of Phoebe Services Pharmacy is to ensure efficient,
consistent and qualitative services to residents. Located near Fogelsville, Phoebe Services Pharmacy is
equipped with a state-of-the-art computer system to
handle the special processing capabilities needed for
dispensing, billing, accounting, resident charting and
reporting. Currently, the pharmacy serves Phoebe's four
nursing homes, two assisted living facilities and many
of our independent living residents. Please contact
us at:
Medicare Drug Plan Support for residents
and their families is available 24 hours a day through
a special hot line. Personal independent drug plan reviews
designed to optimized plan benefits is also available
for residents and families.
Pharmacy Services to Health
Care Centers
Phoebe provides a forum through which
its medical directors can interact with clinical and
administrative staff. This unique Physician's Advisory
Panel encourages professional collaboration for best
clinical practices designed to provided safe, consistent
treatment to every resident.
Medication Regimen Review
A specially trained pharmacist who
is board certified in psychiatric pharmacy and certified
in geriatric pharmacy conducts our health care residents'
medication regimen reviews. These highly specialized
credentials in addition to a long tenure with Phoebe
provide the highest quality analysis to optimize medication
regimens for residents. A face-to-face approach with
residents and families as well as each of the health
disciplines; including nutrition, rehabilitation, and
social services, activities, medical and clinical services,
promotes a highly coordinated treatment plan. Because
of this review, residents often take fewer medications.
They also often enjoy a better response the medications
they take, are able to control chronic illness, and
lower their risk of adverse reactions. The staff also
benefits from a wide range of educational training programs
provided by our consultant pharmacist. Pharmacy services
to Assisted living communities Specialized packaging
has been designed which accommodates residents with
impaired vision or cognition. In addition, professional
guidance is offered to help residents take their medicine
safely.
Berks and Allentown Active adult communities
enjoy daily delivery of their medication orders and
refills directly to their building. This package of
pharmacy services is available to community nursing
homes and continuing care retirement communities across
our geographic service area.