Thursday, March 24, 2011
Home Support, HPS unveil new facility
CoxHealth Home Support and Home Parenteral Services unveiled their new location in Springfield during a public open house on Tuesday evening.
Visitors and guests toured the facility at 2240 W. Sunset, which houses both Home Support and HPS.
The new two-story building includes a showroom, additional patient consultation rooms and a significantly larger warehouse for the supplies and devices the two groups provide to patients.
Home Parenteral Services provides in-home services such as home infusion, total parenteral nutrition (TPN), enteral nutrition and ostomy supplies. Their staff includes includes pharmacists, registered pharmacy technicians, registered nurses and case managers who are specialists in oncology, parenteral and enteral therapy.
CoxHealth Home Support offers a full line of medical equipment and supplies for patients who need such things as lift chairs, walkers or mobile oxygen therapy systems.
The new facility offers more showroom space for Home Support supplies such as CPAP masks and support frames for patient beds.
Visitors tour the HPS pharmacy as staff members prepare supplies for home infusion and total parenteral nutrition.
The new facility features a large warehouse that will reduce ordering and allow more supplies to be in stock when patients need them. The facility also includes space for future expansion.