Athens Infusion & Pharmacy

Athens Infusion & Pharmacy is a pharmacy in Athens, Georgia. The business opened in 1989, when owner Ann, a former hospital pharmacy director, recognized a local need for infusion services for patients discharged from the hospital on intravenous medications that require careful monitoring, equipment and supplies not typically carried by retail drug stores. Five years later the pharmacy added Medicine On Time, a packaging system that organizes a month's supply of medication by the correct day and time, providing visual reminders for patients and caregivers and helping those with sight and memory deficits take the right medication at the right time. The pharmacy offers specialty medication packaging, home infusions, and delivery of medications and supplies, along with monthly billing for qualified patients, medication administration records, physicians' order sheets, refill requests and refill reminder sheets. Its service area covers Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Green, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall and Hancock counties. The pharmacy holds a rating of 4.90 from 50 reviews.

Ann leads a team that includes three pharmacists available to answer patient questions, a billing manager, a lead technician, two pharmacy techs, a marketing director and three delivery drivers. Billing specialists Jeff and Kelley help patients and caregivers understand their insurance coverage and benefits. The team's systems have contributed to an estimated 50 percent increase in medication dosing compliance among patients, and long term care facilities have turned to the pharmacy for their patients' needs.

The pharmacy sits on Cedar Shoals Drive, about a tenth of a mile from Peachtree Immediate Care and from the Gaines School Road intersection, and roughly two-tenths of a mile from Gaines Elementary School. Barnett Shoals Road is about three-tenths of a mile away.

Athens Infusion & Pharmacy is known for a strong local reputation reflected in consistently high customer ratings, with a steady record of repeat and referred customers. For Athens patients managing complex medication routines, that combination of specialty packaging, home infusion and a long-standing local team is what the pharmacy has built its name on since 1989.