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Amplifying the High-Touch of Specialty Pharmacy through Mobile and Web-Based Tools
1. Amplifying the High-Touch of
Specialty Pharmacy through Mobile
and Web-Based Tools
Rebecca M. Shanahan, Esq.
CEO of Avella Specialty Pharmacy
July 29, 2014
2. 2 | Confidential and proprietary
Agenda
• Examine the shift toward digital — evolving
customer demands and engagement
opportunities
• Delve into an Avella Specialty Pharmacy case
study highlighting mobile and web-based tools
• Identify industry best practices and early adopter
examples
3.
4. Does Mobile Technology Matter?
That mHealth Data Trends
71% 62% 59%
71% of nurses are
using smartphones
at work
62% of physicians are
now using tablets, with
over half of them using
one at point-of-care
59% of patients in
emerging markets
use at least one
mobile health app or
service (compared
with only 35% in the
developed world).
Source: electronichealthreporter.com/mhealth-stats-mobile-apps-devices-and-solutions/
5. Does Mobile Technology Matter?
Data Points
Source: www.greatcall.com/lp/is-mobile-healthcare-the-future-infographic.aspx
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Emerging Technologies
How to investigate and assess opportunities
• Cross-functional team assessment
• Clinical, Operations, IT, Marketing, etc.
• No technology “one-trick ponies”
• Customer-centric NOT Business-centric
• Strong user-interface / experience
• Vendor/partner trajectory (not just current state)
• Technology adoption (fad or future)
• Beyond “proof of concept”
• Plenty of interesting technologies, but what actually
works?
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“Responsive” Website
Addressing the Mobile Visitor
• Over 20% of Google searches are being performed
on a mobile device.
• 61% of people have a better opinion of brands when
they offer a good mobile experience on your
website.
• 48% of users stated that when a site doesn't
function on their mobile device it makes them feel
that the company does not care for their business.
Source: Google's Think Insights on Mobile Report
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Why an Avella App?
Driving reasons to develop and promote mobile app
• Every prescription counts / every day delayed
counts
• Lowered operational costs
• Measureable ROI
• Meet the expectations of traditional Rx
customers
• Engage / empower / educate our patients
• DELIGHT customers
• Differentiation vs. competition
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App Functionality
Key features available on the Avella app
• Prescription lookup
• Prescription refill
• Prescription status
• Transfer prescription
• Pharmacy lookup
• Contact Avella locations
• Store physician information
• Connect with Avella / provide feedback
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What Success Would Look Like
• Delighted customers (internal and external)
• Improved metrics for cohort of app users
• Higher customer satisfaction
• Increased refill rate
• Improved health outcomes
• Doesn’t make a consultative process a transactional
one.
• Doesn’t set false customer expectations
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Text Messaging Program Case Study
Objective:
• To assess the impact of bi-directional SMS
technology on patient adherence through
measurement of refill rates in specialty
population.
Hypothesis:
• Bi-directional SMS technology will improve
patient and clinician engagement resulting in
increased medication adherence.
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• Text messaging program
• Daily reminders to take medication
• Reminders for lab work
• Educational tips, e.g. blood pressure
monitoring
• Motivational messaging
• Patient surveys
• Gather lab values
• Pharmacist intervention for any
indication of non-compliance
• Clinician notified
• Weekly emails to clinical staff
• Refill Reminders
Bi-Directional Text Messaging Program
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Text Messaging Program Case Study
• 29% increase in
adherence for low
compliant cohort
Group 1: Low compliant
patients
Group 2: High compliant
patients
Group 3: Treatment naïve
patients
Significant impact on refill rates
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GlowCaps® Case Study
Objective:
• Determine if cost savings and positive health
outcomes result from patient adoption of
GlowCap® adherence tools.
Hypothesis:
• Adoption of GlowCaps will increase patient
adherence, resulting in positive health incomes
and reduced hospitalization and medical care
costs.
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“A quick reminder from your friends at Avella: Don't forget to
take your <time of day> pill in your GlowCap®.”
How Do GlowCaps® Remind Patients?
1. GlowCap® flashes orange at
reminder time for the 1st hour
2. GlowCap® flashes orange and
plays ringtone for the 2nd hour
3. Patient receives an automated phone
call
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Our pilot program demonstrated a 50% increase in medication adherence at
month 4 of therapy for Tasigna® patients using GlowCap (vs. control group).
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GlowCaps® Case Study
100.0%
82.6%
89.5% 90.0%
100.0%
92.2%
80.4%
60.0%
Oct. 11 Nov. 11 Dec. 11 Jan. 12
Avella Tasigna Patient Adherence by GlowCap Use
(Oct'11-Jan'12)
GlowCap (n=23) No GlowCap (n=51)
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GlowCaps™ Case Study
Results
Gleevec treated GIST Patients:
• Patients with > 90% adherence had fewer hospitalizations, reduced
inpatient length of stays and lower medical costs compared with patients
with < 70% adherence.*
Length of stays:
• 3.4 vs. 29.9 days
Mean total medical care costs*:
• $15,088 vs. $39,743 (during 1st year follow-up)
• $38,062 vs. $71,126 (throughout follow-up)
• GlowCap users demonstrated an increase in medication adherence
vs. the control group.
*Halpern, R., Barghout, V., Zarotsky, V., Williams, D. (2009). Costs and utilization associated with imatinib adherence in patients with chronic myeloid
leukemia or gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 16(5); 215-223.
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What this Means to Specialty Pharmacy
• Focus on a tool that solves
multiple challenges for your
patients.
• Start with tools that help long-term
patients (i.e. hemophilia, HIV)
• Invest in mobile solutions that
improve:
• Brand differentiation
• Patient satisfaction
• Communication /
collaboration across
healthcare continuum
• Patient adherence
• Health outcomes
• Healthcare costs
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Stay Connected
Rebecca M. Shanahan, Esq.
CEO of Avella
linkedin.com/pub/rebecca-shanahan/7/100/262
rebecca.shanahan@avella.com
@AvellaRx
Notes de l'éditeur
Perhaps the most important consideration was how do we still allow for a consultative process (not transactional), while still giving patients the tools they want (like refill).
The answer is that while a refill request may trigger the refill start, this does not bypass all the consultation that still takes place (i.e. outbound call from pharmacy staff to patient).
The promotion was key and is what has allowed us to have over 4,000 active accounts. Example are on website, through email, digital advertising, etc./
When coming to key pages like “locations” page, visitors receive a pop-up prompt to download the app.
But we also leveraged the “offline” promotion tactics. One example is the information that goes out to existing patients – including pill bottle caps. In fact, the in-store signup tool at Point of Sale was a MAJOR driver in the registrations.
We love data that help us measure our efforts, especially near real-time dashboards that show volume of outbound/inbound messaging. This tool also allows us to tailor messaging (ie store relocation prompt when we recently consolidated 2 locations). This also helps us target messaging to disease states / medications.
Now averaging over 1,000 refills each month across 4,000 users. Easing operational load, increasing adherence and satisfying our customers. These metrics track when and how patients are using the app. Again, highly measureable analytics.
A year prior to our full mobile app, we embarked on a bi-directional text message program
The goal of the program was to improve adherence, for especially challenging patients segments (through text reminders)