Pharmacy Services

Our Services

• Inpatient Services: The Pharmacy Department provides 24-hour services to our patients during their hospital stay. Clinical pharmacists round daily with interdisciplinary teams for nearly all patients.
• Outpatient Services: We prepare and dispense prescriptions for patients, hospital employees and medical staff at our Blue, Orange and Yellow pharmacy locations. We offer a variety of services, including influenza (flu) vaccines, non-sterile compounding and meds-to-beds services for discharging patients.
• Specialty Pharmacy Services: Our Specialty Pharmacy collaborates with medical providers and insurance companies to provide care for patients with complex medical needs.

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Our Mission

The Pharmacy Department at Nationwide Children’s provides pharmacy services to achieve best medication-related outcomes for all of our patients.   The Pharmacy Department is committed to providing the highest quality of care to all children and their families regardless of ability to pay. 

The Pharmacy Department CARES for the patients and families that we serve:

• Care - caring for the patient by providing safe and effective medication therapy to achieve best outcomes.
• Advocacy - advocating for access to medications and pharmacists for patients and families.
• Research - researching pharmacy practice and medication use to optimize patient outcomes and provide cost effective care.
• Education - educating our patients, families, health care professionals, students, and the community about safe and effective medication use.
• Service - serving our patients and coworkers by ensuring the highest quality and safest patient care through utilization of Zero Hero tools.

Meet Our Leadership

 

Matt Sapko, PharmD, MS
Chief Pharmacy Officer

 

Jessica Fischer, PharmD, MS
Director, Ambulatory Pharmacy Services

 

Ashley Duty, PharmD, MS, BCSCP
Director, Inpatient Pharmacy Operations

 

Jenna Merandi, PharmD, MS, CPPS
Medication Safety Officer

Accepted Insurance Plans

Nationwide Children's Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy and Hospital Pharmacy honors the following pharmacy benefit insurance plans:

• Aetna
• Anthem
• BCMH
• Buckeye Community
• Caresource
• Catalyst
• Cigna
• CVS Caremark
• EnvisionRx / Elixir
• Express Scripts
• Magellan
• Medco
• MedImpact
• Molina
• Ohio Medicaid / Gainwell
• Optum RX
• Pharmacy Data Management
• Prime Therapeutics
• Rx America
• WellDyne
• West Virginia Medicaid

Often there are plans by other names that are processed by the above companies; if you do not see the insurance plan listed that you are looking for, please have the prescription card handy and call either pharmacy at the numbers listed above or stop by either pharmacy.              

Get Rid of Drugs Safely!

We offer drug disposal bins at our Orange, Blue and Yellow pharmacy locations so patients and families can safely dispose leftover medications.

Before you bring medications to one of our disposal bins, please:  

• Read the list below to be sure your medicine is okay to throw away.
• Take the label off your medicine. (Shred-it bins are at the Welcome Desk at each entrance.)
• Make sure the container is closed tightly.

These disposal bins are not meant to be used for the following:

• Needles and other sharp things
• Thermometers with Mercury
• Medicines with Iodine in them
• Cancer medicines or drugs with a “cytotoxic” sticker (antineoplastic agents)
• Radioactive medicines (radiopharmaceuticals)
• Inhalers or other compressed air containers
• Illegal drugs

Questions?

Ask a Pharmacy staff member.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Nationwide Children's Pharmacy Services our mission is to stand for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the department to improve the care we provide and create a better work environment.

Our Core Values

We believe:

• Social Identities Matter. Acknowledging individual factors including race, ethnicity, and gender are present within our department and must be recognized to work harmoniously with each other
• Equity Matters. Justice and fairness for all must be assured by addressing systemic biases in politics and practices and ensuring that diversity and inclusion drives the culture and actions of the department
• Inclusivity and Belonging Matter. Creating accessibility and connection for all groups within the department helps us create best outcomes
• Bringing a Healing Attention Matters. Address our own privileges and unconscious biases to allow us to mindfully engage in equity and inclusion work 
• Recruitment Matters. Creating equitable recruiting practices, producing a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve, and retaining talent to develop the next generation

Activities include: 

• Monthly meetings of Pharmacy Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
• Active participation by staff in Nationwide Children’s Employee Resource Groups
• Juneteenth recognition and education
• Monthly department-wide educational emails
• Support of local business with diverse staff and/or owners
• Assessment of recruiting initiatives and hiring practices
• Education of resident and student preceptors 

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