Employer health and worksite clinics exist to keep employees healthy, productive, and on the job. Medication dispensing closes the loop on that mission. Instead of seeing the clinician on-site and then leaving work to fill a prescription — or putting it off until the weekend — employees walk out of the clinic with their medication in hand, ready to start treatment immediately.
Less time away from work
A pharmacy trip in the middle of a workday means time off the clock, and a prescription postponed until later often means a prescription never filled. When the worksite clinic dispenses at the point of care, the entire episode — visit, diagnosis, and medication — happens in one stop on-site. Employees get back to work sooner, and employers get the productivity benefit the clinic was built to deliver.
Lower medication costs
Most commonly prescribed medications are available as low-cost generics, and dispensing them through the worksite clinic is a cost-effective alternative to retail pharmacy pricing. Because the clinic controls its formulary and pricing, employers can structure the program to reduce medication expenses for the organization, for employees, or both. PharmaLink’s large medication formulary includes more than 2,000 branded and generic medications, so the everyday acute and maintenance medications your clinicians prescribe are likely already available.
Better compliance, better outcomes
Medication compliance improves when the barrier between prescription and first dose disappears. Employees who receive medications directly from the clinic — with instructions from the provider who prescribed them — are better positioned to start therapy promptly and stay on it, which supports the improved outcomes that make a worksite clinic worth its investment.
A natural fit with occupational health
If your clinic treats workplace injuries, dispensing pairs naturally with PharmaLink’s workers’ comp dispensing program, which adds full billing support: we bill the carrier for you and issue payment to the clinic, net of a small billing fee. Appropriate use of over-the-counter products in occupational cases can also help avoid OSHA 300 reportable events, a benefit employers notice.
A program shaped to your clinic
Worksite clinics vary widely — staffed by a single provider or a full team, run in-house or by a contracted operator. PharmaLink builds customized dispensing programs around how your clinic actually operates, and our reporting and analytics give clinic managers and employer stakeholders clear visibility into dispensing activity. Setup takes as little as 3 business days, a dispense takes 15 to 30 seconds, and restocking orders over $250 ship free with delivery in 48–72 hours. PharmaLink has supported dispensing programs since 2007.
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