10/22/2025                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            🌱 Growing Together: MetroHealth × Phox Health
Some partnerships go beyond projects; they grow from a shared purpose.
This one started with a simple conversation: How can we make sure refrigerated medications stay safe once they leave the pharmacy?
From that conversation, a partnership began, and together, MetroHealth and Phox Health turned a patient safety challenge into a statewide first.
Here’s how it unfolded:
❄️ Patients used to discover “Refrigerate Upon Arrival” only after opening the box.
⚠️ By then, medications could already be compromised, causing waste, worry, and treatment delays.
🤝 MetroHealth and Phox Health worked side by side to change that.
Together, we built a proactive notification system that alerts patients hours before refrigerated medications arrive, a simple fix with a powerful impact:
✅ Every alert = a safe medication
✅ Every safe dose = uninterrupted treatment
✅ Every delivery = care that arrives ready
Today, MetroHealth stands as the first pharmacy in Ohio to meet the state’s new rule for proactive patient notification, a milestone built on teamwork, trust, and a shared focus on the patient.
To our partners at MetroHealth, thank you for leading with heart and purpose. 💙
Here’s to continuing to grow together, one safe delivery at a time.