Becker's Healthcare February 8, 2025
Between 2021 and 2024, Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System reduced its pharmacy spend by 24% — despite rising costs for hospital pharmaceuticals.
Through a strategic partnership leveraging data analytics, the system saved more than $7.5 million in drug spend over the past two years.
In a Feb. 6 conversation with Becker’s, Tyson Frodin, PharmD, reflected on his former purchasing and procurement experiences.
“I remember the days, even in smaller independent health systems or independent hospitals, all of the sticky notes that would be around my laptop,” he said. The notes would be reminders on what vendor to contact for this medication, who to call for that therapy and when to purchase a specific drug from a wholesaler.
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