Across the country,
Optum Infusion Pharmacy is making a difference.
It's grounded in clinical innovation
and focused on delivering the most consistent,
convenient, and compassionate care.
Optum Infusion Pharmacy and its team of nurses
administers therapy medications to patients across America.
People would ask what is Crohn's disease?
And so I would have to say, oh, it's like cold sores in my colon.
Infusion therapy is when a medication is administered intravenously,
or through the skin.
Conditions these medications help include cancer,
multiple sclerosis, gastrointestinal diseases, and more.
Some patients require infusions every day,
some only every few months.
Walk in the door and you'll see intake coordinators,
patient navigators, dieticians, and insurance specialists
doing everything they can to make a difference.
Pharmacists mix medications on site
in a safe, controlled environment,
with each prescription made to order
for individual patients, based on their needs.
You'll also see clinical nurses doing what they do best.
These people become my friends.
We laugh.
They cry with me when I'm having a bad day.
The nurses make our lives so much better.
Optum Infusion Pharmacy nurses
administer infusion pharmacy medications in the home.
I can just see it.
I can tell she's comfortable when I’m here.
And I'm afforded that good life
because of the care she gives me.
Every month, they account for more than 22,000 home visits,
partnering with pharmacists and physicians across the care team.
Whether the visit is for biologics or immunoglobulin therapy,
Optum Infusion Pharmacy home visits
re at least 450 percent less costly than a hospital visit.
Optum Infusion Pharmacy also cares for patients
who need parenteral nutrition,
which is the process of being fed by infusion.
They don't treat every single patient the same.
They ask you what you need.
They check in on you.
There's always people available if you have any questions.
I just know I can depend on them
to give me the care that I need
that will help me thrive.
Optum's surveys show patient satisfaction
is at 97 percent,
with provider satisfaction at 91 percent.
They have all the bases covered.
They're complete.
Optum infusion is complete care.
Optum infusion pharmacy,
a deeper connection to care.