The Platform Aiding Pharmacists in Safe, Efficient Contraceptive Services

In today’s pharmacy landscape in the US, pharmacists’ ability to provide clinical services is significantly fragmented across the country, whether it concerns regulations, legislation, issues in provider status, or challenges in patient access. However, as industry experts work to make pharmacists’ daily tasks easier and more efficient, pharmacists are now emerging as health care providers known to tackle any patient concern in the area of contraceptive care.

One of the more recent platforms that has emerged within the pharmacy industry is PRISM, or the Pharmacist Resource to Implement Services as Modules. Drug Topics recently caught up with one of the driving forces of PRISM and chatted with a pharmacy owner who is using the platform in their practices on a daily basis.

“[PRISM] is an electronic health record that's designed specifically for pharmacists,” said Lissette Logan, PharmD, COO at OvaryIt and developer of the PRISM platform. “What makes PRISM unique is that it's modular; contraception is our flagship module. Currently, we have other modules that we're building out, and there's more to come after a clinical trial, which will be ending shortly.”

In part 3 of our interview series, we caught back up with Logan to understand how PRISM is changing the game for pharmacists and their patients in the area of contraceptive care. After introducing the platform, Logan then passed it to her pharmacy colleague, Danielle Weaver, PharmD, owner of Big Sandy Pharmacy and Wolves Den Pharmacy in rural Montana. Weaver discussed how PRISM has made a significant difference in her pharmacies, not only for providing contraceptive care but for operating her practices in general.

Stay tuned for our full-length conversation with Logan and Weaver, which will be released on Over the Counter podcasting channels this coming Thursday afternoon.

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