Parkland Health Center Opens Family Care Pharmacy Onsite

Full-Service Retail Pharmacy Available to Fill Prescriptions for Hospital Inpatients, Outpatients and Employees

On May 31, Parkland Health Center opened the Family Care Pharmacy, a full-service retail pharmacy conveniently located inside the main lobby of Parkland Health Center in Farmington. The Family Care Pharmacy offers prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, medical supplies and prescription counseling for those using the hospital’s inpatient or outpatient services. Hospital employees will also be able to utilize the pharmacy service.

“We’re thrilled to offer this ‘one-stop-shop’ service to the local community,” said Lauren Hills, PharmD, Family Care Pharmacy supervisor at Parkland Health Center. “It’s especially convenient for our patients using our inpatient and outpatient services to get their medications without having to make an additional trip after leaving the hospital. Additionally, given our on-site access to the hospital’s charting system, we can quickly and easily contact a patient’s provider if there are any issues filling a prescription.”

Staffed by Hills, two full-time pharmacy technicians and one part-time pharmacist, the Family Care Pharmacy’s comprehensive suite of services includes the following:

• Processing and preparing prescriptions
• Providing guidance to help patients understand their health and medicines and giving appropriate advice as needed
• Selling an array of over-the-counter medications and medical supplies
• Administering certain immunizations
• Offering safe disposal of unneeded medications through a designated kiosk

“The collaboration between our BJC pharmacy team and medical providers enabled Parkland to expand our health care services to our community,” said Annette Schnabel, president of Parkland Health Center. “We believe this convenient access to medications will improve the overall health outcomes for our patients.”

Additionally, the Family Care Pharmacy offers automatic refills. There are also plans to extend the pharmaceutical services to both mobile curbside pickup and bedside, or ‘meds-to-beds.’ Additional details on those plans will be publicized once they are finalized.

The Family Care Pharmacy will be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will be closed on weekends and holidays. For more information, please call the Family Care Pharmacy directly at 314-657-9011.