Helping Your Patients Initiate Therapy, Faster: Nursing Care for Your Quick Start Program

When a patient is prescribed a new specialty therapy, the clock starts. Every day between prescribed and first dose is a day the patient lives without treatment, and for patients managing complex conditions, that gap carries real consequences. Most of the time, the delay has nothing to do with clinical readiness. The physician has sent the prescription, the drug is available, and the patient is willing, but logistics can slow things down, such as waiting for pre-authorization.

Naven Nursing Can Support Your Quick Start Program

We have dedicated nursing programs that support Quick Start or Free Trial periods, designed to overcome these early barriers to access. In partnership with a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer, we have been providing nursing services for over 10 years during a Quick Start period for a complex therapy involving a two-part administration: a subcutaneous push followed by an intravenous immunoglobulin infusion, with titration management across visits. Most patients complete up to five visits before transitioning to a commercial pharmacy for ongoing maintenance.

In addition to nursing care, we provide warehouse and supply management, pump provisioning, therapy-specific nurse education, and end-to-end coordination from the moment the referral arrives through the patient’s transition to maintenance.

Expanding Access 

As access barriers increase and competition intensifies, speed to therapy has become a critical differentiator.

Through Naven’s exclusive nursing support, we can help manufacturers reduce delays, improve the start-of-care experience, and reach patients directly in their homes. Most importantly, Naven can seamlessly continue as the patient’s nursing provider beyond the Quick Start program, supported by our national network of established specialty pharmacy relationships to help patients maintain continuity of care.

Beyond the Visit

Naven Health has a dedicated program management team that coordinates warehouse and supply management, custom education and training, and KPI reporting and tracking throughout the program so our partners have ongoing visibility into patient and program performance. That feedback loop has allowed the program to improve year over year, which partly explains why it has endured for over a decade.

Working Towards Better Outcomes

In this program, we delivered over 17,000 visits throughout our 10 year partnership. We maintained a 0% cancellation rate attributable to nursing staffing gaps and a 96% patient satisfaction score. With our nurses helping to deliver a positive experience from day one, we can work towards your goals to drive adherence and accelerate adoption.

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