Vital Care of North Alabama

Vital Care Home Infusion Services is a system of individually owned and operated infusion pharmacies specializing in providing high-tech services to rural and urban patients throughout the United States.  With almost 100 locations, Vital Care Home Infusion Services can provide fast, efficient, and personalized service in your local community.

Supported by an office staff of specialists in pharmacy, nursing, quality management, franchise development, and revenue cycle management, the owner of your local Vital Care Pharmacy will provide the most progressive infusion services to each and every patient.

Our Coordination Center is located in Meridian, Mississippi. This facility houses our clinical services department, training center and libraries, franchise development department, case management referral center, and revenue cycle management operations.

Our company is dedicated to providing quality patient care, and maintaining standards dictated by organizations such as The Joint Commission (TJC), Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), and Vital Care Accreditation Program (VCAP).

Home infusion can be a safe and effective alternative to inpatient care. If you’re like most people, you probably prefer to recover from or manage your condition in the comfort and privacy of your own home. Medical research reports that when a skilled team of specialists provides home care, patients experience better outcomes. The goal of home infusion is to provide quality care in a safe environment so that patients can maintain their independent lifestyles. Prior to starting home infusion therapy, a thorough assessment is performed to ensure that the patient is an appropriate candidate for infusion services and to determine if other home care services are needed.

Infusion therapy is the administration of medication directly into a vein. Infusion therapies include antibiotics, fluids, nutrition, chemotherapy, pain medication and supplemental iron.

Patients who require infusion therapy may have diagnoses ranging from:

• infections
• multiple sclerosis
• cancer and cancer-related pain
• gastrointestinal diseases or disorders, such as Crohn’s disease or esophageal cancer, that result in nutrition-related problems
• congestive heart failure; and immune disorders

Until the 1980’s, patients receiving infusion therapy had to remain in the hospital setting for the duration of their therapy.  Heightened emphasis on cost-containment in health care, as well as developments in the clinical administration of the therapy, led to strategies to administer infusion therapy in alternate settings.  For individuals requiring long-term therapy, inpatient care is not only tremendously expensive but also prevents the individual from resuming normal lifestyle and work activities.

Home infusion is a safe and effective alternative to inpatient care for many disease states and therapies.  For many patients, receiving treatment at home or in an outpatient infusion suite setting is preferable to being in the hospital.  Many home infusion therapy providers operate one or more ambulatory infusion suites which are ideally suited for certain patient-therapy situations.

An infusion therapy provider is most normally a “closed-door”, state-licensed pharmacy that specializes in provision of infusion therapies to patients in their homes or other alternate-sites—called a home infusion therapy pharmacy.  The infusion therapy always originates with a prescription order from a qualified physician who is overseeing the care of the patient.

Professional Services     

• Medication Preparation and Dispensing
• Medical Equipment for Therapy Administration
• All Required Disposable Supplies
• Clinical Pharmacy Assessment and Monitoring
• Drug/Drug Interaction Monitoring
• Home Safety Assessments
• Patient Medication Information
• In-Home Teaching for Patient/Family
• Customized Patient Education Materials
• Nursing Staff for Patient Teaching and Assessment (Where Available)
• Nutritional Support Services
• Biohazardous Waste Disposal