Outpatient Pharmacy Services
Kaweah Health is an integrated healthcare delivery system anchored around a 613-bed, community-based teaching hospital. With a complement of ancillary services and ambulatory clinics, Kaweah Health provides a broad array of primary and specialty care to a largely rural and medically underserved community. The Outpatient Pharmacy Department provides services to the community via a retail pharmacy open to the public, a pharmacy that serves only Kaweah Health employees, a home infusion pharmacy, as well as both pain management and ambulatory care pharmacists working in the District’s outpatient clinics.
Ambulatory Care and Pain Pharmacy Services
Pharmacists at Kaweah Health work throughout the District, and have been operating in the outpatient setting since 2015. Pharmacists are now present in all the rural health clinics, the Sequoia Health and Wellness Center, and the Kaweah Health Specialty Clinic Center. In the outpatient clinic settings pharmacists have patient appointments, manage complex medication regimens, send prescriptions, and order labs to assess medication effectiveness and safety. Additionally, pharmacist look at patients on a population health level by identifying gaps in care and assisting primary care physicians and specialists with closing those gaps. A pharmacy team also leads the Employee Wellness Specialty Program that manages medications for patients with diabetes, chronic infectious disease, and certain rheumatologic conditions.
In the same clinics, pain management pharmacist see patients and help manage chronic pain. Similarly to the ambulatory care pharmacists, they hold patient visits, send prescriptions, and order labs. They accept referrals for patients with chronic pain with the goal of reducing opioid burden, utilizing non-opioid therapeutics, and improving quality of life.
Kaweah Health Home Infusion Pharmacy
The Home Infusion Pharmacy is committed to being your world-class home infusion pharmacy. Our experienced team with over 25+ years in the home infusion business specializes in intravenous medication and enteral nutritional needs. We are able to provide all supplies and IV pumps (including portable options) necessary to take care of your therapy needs. Receive these treatments in the convenience of your own home as opposed to prolonged hospitalization, SNF, long-term care placement, or daily trips to an infusion center. Our team works closely with the Kaweah Health Hospice and Kaweah Health Home Health Services. We are Joint Commission accredited signifying our commitment to superior patient care. We take all insurance types and have dedicated intake staff who work directly with your provider and insurance to ensure authorization for home care services.
Therapies provided include:
- Total parenteral nutrition
- Intravenous medications
- Intravenous antibiotics
- Intravenous hydration and electrolyte replacement
- Pain management
- Enteral therapy
- Pediatric infusions and specialized infant formulas
- Injectable antiemetics (chemotherapy, hyperemesis in pregnancy, retractable nausea and vomiting)
- Intravenous catheter care
- Medications and clinical support for CAPD and for Hospice of Tulare County
Outpatient Pharmacy Services/Intake Form
Open M–F, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. with 24/7 on-call services
For more information, please visit:
Home Infusion Pharmacy (Home Care Services)
or
Home Infusion Pharmacy (Home Infusion Pharmacy)
Kaweah Health Employee Pharmacy
The employee pharmacy is an outpatient pharmacy for Kaweah Health employees and family members only. The pharmacy is located on the downtown campus.
LEARN MORE: khemployeepharmacy.org
Kaweah Health Pharmacy
The retail pharmacy is open to the public. It is conveniently located downtown near the hospital’s Emergency Room entrance. Pharmacists in the retail pharmacy are optimizing adherence to medications at discharge with our Meds-to-Beds concierge medication delivery program. They also dispense medications for the Employee Wellness Specialty Program and Medication Assistance Program, which assists qualifying employees and patients with lower prescription costs.
LEARN MORE: kaweahhealthpharmacy.org
Mission Statement:
The Kaweah Health Department of Pharmacy is dedicated to providing high quality pharmacy services that result in outstanding health outcomes across the continuum of care. We are committed to delivering excellent service for our patients and customers by providing efficient, caring, professional and financially strong services in an ideal work environment that encourages excellence, teamwork, innovation and continuous improvement.
