UC Health opens outpatient pharmacy center

Cincinnati-based UC Health has opened its fifth outpatient pharmacy, located inside the new UC Blood Cancer Healing Center on the UC Medical Center campus. 

The new pharmacy offers same-day access to medications, clinical pharmacist guidance and close coordination with care teams, enhancing convenience and continuity of care for patients and families, Jeffrey Akers, PharmD, vice president of pharmacy, told Becker’s. 

The pharmacy is integrated with the UC Specialty Pharmacy, allowing it to deliver advanced medications and support patients undergoing treatment for blood cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, he said.