Home I.V. Specialists: Jonesboro.After working for years in the home infusion therapy home infusion therapy The IV administration of therapeutics–analgesics, antibiotics, chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition–outside of a formal healthcare environment. See Hyperalimentation, Patient-controlled analgesics, TPN. industry, Julia Robinson Julia Hall Bowman Robinson (December 8, 1919 – July 30, 1985) was an American mathematician, born in St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at University of California, Berkeley, receiving the doctorate in 1948. realized northeast Arkansas wasn't being properly served. So she opened Home I.V. Specialists Inc. in Jonesboro in March 1991 to deliver the treatments. "I had really found my niche," said Robinson, who graduated from Arkansas State University Arkansas State University, at Jonesboro; coeducational; chartered 1909; named State Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1925–33. In 1933 the school became Arkansas State College, and in 1967 it achieved university status and adopted its present name. at Jonesboro in 1985 with a bachelor's degree in nursing. Home I.V. is a pharmacy that dispenses medications and intravenous intravenous /in·tra·ve·nous/ (-ve´nus) within a vein or veins.intrave´nously in·tra·ve·nous adj. Abbr. IV Within or administered into a vein. drugs to patients treated in their home. Registered nurses and pharmacists This is a list of notable pharmacists.
When Home I.V. first opened, it was just Robinson and a receptionist. Now the company has 45 employees and an office in Little Rock that was opened in 2001. While Robinson declined to release revenue figures, she said sales have grown between 20 percent and 25 percent a year since 2002, mainly because of the Little Rock market. Home I.V. also has support centers across the state and serves patients in southern Missouri. One of the company's biggest challenges over the years has been dealing with the pharmacist pharmacist /phar·ma·cist/ (fahr´mah-sist) one who is licensed to prepare and sell or dispense drugs and compounds, and to make up prescriptions. phar·ma·cist n. shortage, Robinson said. "We recruit constantly," she said, to try and meet the challenge. The company also has dealt with the shrinking government reimbursements over the years but has remained profitable. Robinson said the secret to the company's success is employees with "excellent clinical skills." Home I.V. also provides the best possible patient care, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, she said. Robinson said Home I.V. has always been able to adjust to the market trends and expand in areas where there's a need. "We are going to have further growth and commitment to excellent services," she said. Robinson declined to say where she would open new offices so that she can get a jump on the competition. |
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