PHIERSale (Web)

… is an online marketplace.

The PHIERSale web application combines the benefits of an Amazon storefront with the ability to rate health care related products and services for quality and satisfaction (similar to Angie’s List and Yelp) – but with a patient-centered mission.  In addition to raising awareness about available treatment options which patients and doctors may not necessarily be aware of, we will work with select partners to provide access to viable alternatives (when available).  Working in solidarity with groups like UAEM, we strive to raise awareness regarding FDA-approved treatment alternatives when drug shortages threaten the health of patients (and the public).  

Additionally, we provide our members with an expanded list of therapeutic options that includes FDA-approved clinical trials and evidence-based, emerging alternatives to traditional methods.  In this way, doctors and patients in a local setting have access to the largest list of relevant treatment options, from all around the globe.

We are currently forming strategic relationships with like-minded pharmaceutical companies and distributors of durable medical goods.  All of our partners (members of our cooperative) must abide by our credo, valuing the people more than the profits.  In so doing, they have agreed to charge less for generic products and services, and will pass negotiated savings directly onto the payer(s).  In itself, this act will reduce the costs to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and insurance companies, in addition to patients and the families of those suffering from one or more complex health and/or social issues.  Since private-insurers cited rising health costs as justification for leaving the Obamacare exchanges, the PHIERSale model can help.

PHIERSale Rx (a HIPAA-compliant app) is based on VistA, and can be used to get the right data to primary care providers, mental health professionals, and other members of a given patient’s personalized, and individual care team – even before new medications are prescribed.  This will improve patient safety, while saving money for all payers as members who register with PHIERS buy in bulk, reducing healthcare costs in ways directly attributed to this program.

To receive these benefits when PHIERS goes live, register HERE.