As powerful as Walmart is, it can't change the weather. That's why James Soucey, director of clinical services for Walmart's Specialty Pharmacy in Lake Mary, FL, had a problem shipping to the state of Hawaii. The state's logistics and warm temperatures were wreaking havoc on the company's mail-order shipments of high-value, temperature-sensitive prescription drugs to patients in Hawaii with special health conditions or complex, chronic conditions. Walmart Specialty Pharmacy provides prescription services and follow-up care directly to individuals throughout the country with conditions including arthritis, growth disorders, hepatitis, HIV, multiple sclerosis, oncology, psoriasis and much more. Transporting the medications to a patient's home, office, family member or physician's office in all 50 states via common carrier was posing some challenges, but especially in the 50th state.
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