About Us
In the changing health care environment, the Consultant Pharmacist can and should be utilized to optimize therapy, minimize unwanted side effects, maximize cost effectiveness, maintain regulatory compliance, and ultimately, help personalize therapy for residents in a long-term setting. These are the reasons Envision Health Consulting was established in 2001. Consultants with Envision Health Consulting can provide these benefits and more!
The Value of a Consulting Pharmacist in Long-Term Care
Long Term Care Services
A trusted partner for Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Facilities.
Comprehensive Consulting Support
- Go beyond state and federal requirements with thorough inspections and customized recommendations.
- Detailed visit reports delivered directly to facilities and providers.
Active Participation in Care Teams
- Regular attendance at monthly facility meetings.
- Participation in Psychoactive Committees and support with Antibiotic Stewardship Protocols.
Medication Safety & Monitoring
- Adverse drug event evaluations.
- Ongoing monitoring of psychoactive medication use with aggressive tracking of taper attempts.
- Consultant pharmacists trained in techniques to reduce psychoactive reliance in elderly patients.
Medication Regimen Reviews
- Conducted upon request for condition changes, falls, or special concerns.
- Summarized recommendations provided in clear, trackable reports.
Envision Health Consulting prides itself on being a leader in Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Services. We go well beyond the mandatory requirements of a Consultant Pharmacist. Our pharmacists provide detailed visit reports based on the findings of each inspection. Our recommendations are customized to the needs of each facility and delivered directly to the facility and provider. We make every effort to attend all monthly meetings and be a part of the Psychoactive Committees, as well as assist with Antibiotic Stewardship Protocols. Other regular services include adverse drug event evaluations and monitoring of psychoactive utilization. With such a national focus on reducing the number of psychoactive medications used in the elderly, our consultants aggressively track and document all taper attempts and are specifically trained in techniques to reduce the need for these medications in your facility. We also perform Medication Regimen Reviews when requested for condition changes or falls. We provide a summary of recommendations in our reports for easy tracking by the facility.
All Consultant reports are posted to this website for HIPAA secure access by the pharmacy and the facility any time 24/7.
“Our goal is to provide the BEST pharmacy consultant care to facility residents, and provide all facility, medical staffs, and provider pharmacies with the best level of support possible”
Educational Services
Besides being the leader in pharmacy consulting services, Envision Health Consulting also offers continuing education for not only pharmacists but nursing professionals and healthcare administrators as well. Our education is available on site as well as on-line, giving our customers the best options for their required CE needs.
Envision Health Consulting currently offers 4 classes of continuing education which includes a wide array of topics including the state required, Medication Errors. Envision will gladly come to your place of business and set up classes for your staff as well as one on one instruction.
The continuing education classes Envision currently offers for nursing and health care professionals are:
- Med Errors (which fulfills state requirement)
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Hospital Re-admin
- Anticoagulation alternatives
The in-service educational topics Envision Health Consulting covers are:
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- Survey Preparation and results
- Med D selection
- AIMS testing
- Behavior Monitoring Forms
- Controlled Substances and the DEA
- Unnecessary Drug Tag F-329
- Pharmacy Procedures and New Facility Start-ups
- Reducing the Risk of Resident Falls
- Dehydration and the Elderly Resident
- Prevention of Medication Errors
- Documentation Review
- Overview of the Long-term Care Survey Process
- Medication Delivery Systems: Receiving and Transcribing Orders
- Pain Management: Taking Care of the Elderly
- Management of Urinary Incontinence
- Nutritional Needs of the Elderly
- Pressure Ulcers: Reducing the Risk and Managing Care
- Asthma/COPD
- Parkinson’s Disease
- Antidepressants and Antipsychotics: A Review
- Analyzing the Resurgence of Typical Antipsychotic Use
- Dementia
- HIPAA: Everything You Need to Know About Privacy
- Medicare Part A: Maximizing your Facility Savings
- Influenza Vaccine
- A Current Therapy Update on Diabetes
- The Basics of Anemia
- Ongoing Treatment’s and Advances in Alzheimer’s disease
- Maximizing the Formulary
- Aminoglycosides: Clinical Monitoring
- Medication Therapy Management
- Smoking Cessation
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Osteoporosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Diabetes Management and Infection Control
- Bipolar Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Anti-arrthymic agents
- Stroke
- Urinary Incontinence
- Anticoagulation
- BPH
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Congestion Heart Failure
- Anemia
- Angina
Our years in the industry have allowed us to build excellent relationships with a variety of senior care partners to assist us with enhancing our services and education.
*We have also recognized the need for Consultant Pharmacist training, and we pride ourselves on providing a quality learning environment for a new Consultant Pharmacist, so they are better prepared for their Consulting career.
“Our goal is to provide the BEST pharmacy consultant care to facility residents, and provide all facility, medical staffs, and provider pharmacies with the best level of support possible”
