{"id":18256,"date":"2020-04-30T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T12:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/green-shield-canada-pocketpills-partner-on-virtual-pharmacy-access-145559"},"modified":"2020-04-30T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T12:30:22","slug":"green-shield-canada-pocketpills-partner-on-virtual-pharmacy-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2020\/04\/30\/green-shield-canada-pocketpills-partner-on-virtual-pharmacy-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Shield Canada, PocketPills partner on virtual pharmacy access"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/95506362_l-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Copyright: 123rf_Tero Vesalainen\" title=\"Green Shield Canada, PocketPills partner on virtual pharmacy access\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Staff<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;April 30, 2020 <\/p>\n<p>Green Shield Canada is partnering with digital pharmacy PocketPills on a virtual pharmacy app for its group benefits plans.<\/p>\n<p>Plan members will be able to chat with a pharmacist, refill existing prescriptions through the app and have their medications delivered to their homes for free. The drugs come pre-sorted into packages by dosage and time, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Plan sponsors can benefit from savings with lower dispensing fees than if their plan members were filling a prescription at a brick-and-mortar pharmacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/drug-plan-considerations-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic-145169\">Drug plan considerations during the coronavirus pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGSC is always on the lookout for like-minded partners ready to innovative on the delivery of critical services,\u201d said David Willows, Green Shield Canada\u2019s executive vice-president of digital, innovation and brand experience, in the release. \u201cOn the heels of our partnerships with digital health leaders like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/green-shield-canada-morneau-shepell-introducing-online-cognitive-behavioural-therapy-115134\">Beacon<\/a> \u2014 for guided mental-health therapy \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/benefits\/health-benefits\/green-shield-canada-maple-partner-on-telemedicine-access-140093\">Maple<\/a> \u2014 for telemedicine \u2014 working with PocketPills is a natural and logical next step, and we see great potential in our pooled creative thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two companies said they\u2019ll work together in the coming months to develop further digital health and pharmacy solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly excited about working with GSC and the doors we can open together to bring accessible and affordable medication to more Canadians than ever,\u201d said&nbsp;Harj Samra, chief executive officer at PocketPills. \u201cIn an online world, Canadians deserve health-care services with a streamlined patient experience and this partnership is going to take that experience to the next level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/benefits\/health-benefits\/5-benefits-predictions-for-the-fallout-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-145082\">5 benefits predictions for the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/green-shield-canada-pocketpills-partner-on-virtual-pharmacy-access-145559\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff&nbsp;|&nbsp;April 30, 2020 Green Shield Canada is partnering with digital pharmacy PocketPills on a virtual pharmacy app for its group benefits plans. 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