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Omnicare of Northern Illinois Services
Whatever The Prevailing Winds, North Is Still North.
We at Omnicare of Northern Illinois have been guided by the belief that offering a comprehensive array of pharmacy programs dedicated to clinical excellence is the only way to achieve TRUE low cost. And our innovative programs are designed around your needs today -- and everyday. With Omnicare of Northern Illinois and Omnicare, your course remains steady.

The Definitive Seal Of Approval
JCAHOOmnicare of Northern Illinois pharmacies are accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Some of these pharmacies are accredited not just as long-term care pharmacies, but for other services, including home infusion, home nursing, medical equipment and ambulatory infusion center.

 
As a JCAHO-accredited pharmacy services provider, we offer:
  • Easier contracting with managed care organizations.
  • Uniform drug selection criteria and detailed medication storage programs to provide reassurance that drugs are safe and appropriate, and that problem drugs are removed through a specific recall process.
  • Mandatory emergency preparedness so medications will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • Stringent-controlled drug reporting and tracking programs to reduce facility and nurse liability while ensuring physician compliance.
 
Optimizing Drug Therapies Is What We Are All About
Omnicare of Northern Illinois Consultant Pharmacists - provide direction and oversight on all aspects of the acquisition, disposition, handling storage and administration of drugs in your long-term-care facility.

By using the Omnicare Geriatric Pharmaceutical Guidelines and managing to its recommendations, your residents will receive the highest quality care. Your pharmacist also will use prospective interventions and proprietary consulting software with more than 2,000 clinical algorithms to help identity and remedy inappropriate drug therapy.

Backed by this industry-leading knowledge, experience and the wealth of unique Omnicare resources, your Omnicare of Northern Illinois pharmacist will be a valuable member of your health management team by providing:

  • Expert advice and early identification of inappropriate treatment or under treatment to help ensure positive outcomes.
  • Consulting efforts that have positive, direct impact on the nursing facility's financial performance by reducing incontinence, confusion, etc., and by helping keep residents in the facility and not in the hospital.
  • Cost savings to payers through implementation of the Omnicare Formulary.
  • Full compliance with state and federal regulations.
  • Regular in-service and educational programs tailored to the specific needs of your residents and staff.
 
A Total Approach To Managing Your Resident's Health
Health Management is a comprehensive, integrated system for managing patients by using best practices, clinical practice improvement, information technology, and other resources and tools that improve measurable outcomes in the quality of care and reduce overall costs.

Omnicare of Northern Illinois applies the concept of health management specifically to drug therapy through Re-View, our exclusive health management initiative.

Medical literature includes a wealth of evidence-based "best practices" for the treatment of many diseases and conditions that affect the elderly. But in actual practice, there is wide disparity in the treatments offered to patients.

Working with an Omnicare of Northern Illinois Consultant Pharmacist, Re-View will help you implement consensus "best drug practices" in your facility for diseases and conditions that often go under treated or unrecognized. By providing the most appropriate care to your residents at the earliest stages in the disease, you help improve the quality of life for your residents and reduce facility resources spent on residents' care, thereby reducing direct costs to the facility.
 
Medication Management Before The Prescription Is Filled
From the moment a resident's pharmaceutical regimen is sent to us, we apply our knowledge and resources to make sure the resident is getting the best care at the lowest possible cost.

Many hospitals do not have geriatric-specific protocols, so intervention by the Omnicare pharmacist upon admission to your nursing facility can enhance the potential for positive outcomes. It also can prevent readmission to the hospital caused by drug-related problems.

Our Consultant Pharmacists work with your Medical Director and Quality Assurance Committee to:

  • Help prevent drug-related illnesses and readmissions to the hospital
  • Switch residents to an equally effective or superior drug therapy available more economically
  • Help educate health care clinicians on the best drug therapies for a given indication
  • Save nursing time by intervening at the time of ordering.
 
Formulary Management For Improved Efficacy And Reduced Cost
The Omnicare of Northern Illinois formulary Management Program uses the Omnicare Guidelines as a tool to educate physicians on reasons to choose "Preferred" drugs over less cost-effective alternatives. The program includes more than 20 separate initiatives involving both generic and branded products. These initiatives cover almost 100% of long-term-care residents.

Through the Formulary Management Program, Omnicare of Northern Illinois Consultant Pharmacists have the tools to:

  • Assist prescribers in choosing the best clinical therapy for each individual resident in the most cost-effective manner.
  • Give guidance on switching from one drug to another in the way most beneficial to the resident.
  • Reduce the variability of prescribing so that every resident in your facility receives the best care and opportunity for payer savings, regardless of payer source.