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The Wrap - Pharmacies at U-M Health

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Taubman Pharmacy has a naloxone vending machine and a take-back box.

1. The Wrap by Michigan Medicine Headlines covers pharmacies at U-M Health and how they serve patients across the system. 2. Dan Ellman and Jeremy Fallis host the episode, and Lindsay Clark and Jennifer Baldridge join as pharmacy leaders who explain the services. 3. The episode asks what U-M Health pharmacies are for and why a patient might use them instead of a retail chain. 4. Lindsay Clark says U-M Health has five community pharmacy locations across the University of Michigan Health Academic Medical Center, plus a Specialty and Home Delivery Pharmacy. 5. Jennifer Baldridge says the pharmacies provide prescription processing, patient education and counseling, medication therapy management, and non-sterile compounding. 6. Baldridge says the pharmacies help patients find high-cost and hard-to-obtain medications that are often missing from retail settings. 7. Taubman Ambulatory Care Pharmacy is described as the primary discharging pharmacy and also serves medical specialty clinic patients. 8. Taubman offers counseling, meds-to-beds, and medication therapy management for patients leaving the hospital. 9. Taubman also has a naloxone vending machine and a take-back box for unused medications. 10. The Rogel Cancer Center Community Pharmacy partners with YesRx, a Michigan cancer drug repository program. 11. The episode says YesRx accepts unopened and expired cancer medications and helps reduce waste while improving access. 12. East Ann Arbor Pharmacy is described as being on the first floor of the East Ann Arbor Health Center with free parking. 13. East Ann Arbor fills post-op and clinic prescriptions, reproductive medications, cancer medications, and offers medication flavoring for pediatric patients. 14. Kellogg Eye Center Pharmacy compounds sterile eye drops that can be hard to find at local pharmacies. 15. Lindsay Clark says the specialty pharmacy supports complex, high-cost medications with specialized handling, monitoring, and extra education. 16. She says specialty patients are automatically enrolled in a patient management program and have access to a 24-7 on-call pharmacist. 17. Jennifer Baldridge describes Willow Ambulatory, or WAM, launched in May 2025 across community and specialty sites. 18. She says WAM created a single integrated medication list and lets patients request refills, track status in real time, receive notifications, and pay copays electronically. 19. The tone is practical and service-focused, with clear explanations, examples from specific pharmacy sites, and a short lightning round at the end. 20. Patients who use U-M Health providers and want coordinated pharmacy access would get the most value, while people wanting only a simple retail pharmacy comparison may skip it.

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A clear look at how U of M Health pharmacy services support patients.

Michigan Medicine Headlines opens its 2026 season with a practical look at how U of M Health pharmacies support patients across the system. It moves from community pharmacies to specialty pharmacy support, then through the work behind the scenes: counseling, refill management,…

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