At Mills Pharmacy, we want to be your go-to resource for your health care needs. When you step inside one of our pharmacies, you will be known as a patient, not just a number. Personalized service is what we base our entire company mission on, and we intend to continue providing each patient with the care they need and deserve.
One important added value that Mills Pharmacy offers is free delivery to our patients. At first glance, it may not seem like pharmacy delivery services would make that much of a difference. After all, your doctor won’t change your prescriptions based on whether they’re delivered to your home or if you drive to pick them up. So it’s all the same, right? You might be surprised to learn that a growing body of research indicates a number of ways in which patients benefit from pharmacy delivery services.
Here are five important advantages that are especially good news for anyone taking multiple medications for one or more chronic conditions.
Taking all of your medications correctly — also called adherence — can be more challenging if you’ve got multiple prescriptions, each one coming with its own set of instructions. Purchasing all of your medications separately adds to that complexity. But suppose your medications are delivered right to your door, already presorted into a single package, organized by day and time, and with clear instructions for taking them correctly. Then all of a sudden the process becomes much easier.
Pharmacy delivery services frequently make use of advanced computer technologies to ensure that your prescriptions are filled correctly. With a medication management service that includes home delivery, you can have confidence that you’ll be getting the right medications, dosages, and dosage forms. This may reduce your risk of adverse reactions and hospitalization.
Another benefit of using home delivery is greater efficiencies throughout the medication management process. Delivery improves efficiencies in a number of ways:
Unused prescription drugs become a form of medical waste — with serious financial, health and environmental consequences. But delivery of medication to the home — in the correct amount and dosage — reduces the risk of unused pills getting disposed into our landfills or water supply.
Nonadherence alone costs Americans billions annually in avoidable medical expenses. With a customized medication management program that includes home delivery of your medications each month, you only pay for the medications you actually use. And you may be less likely to face the expenses that come with medication errors. When you add up the benefits of easy adherence, greater accuracy and efficiency, and less pharmaceutical waste, home delivery of medications is a great way to control your healthcare costs over the long term.