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Navigating Complex Therapy Administration in the Home
Specialized therapy administration in the home is becoming increasingly complex. As sites of care continue shifting toward the home, complex therapies are following.
Specialized therapy administration in the home is becoming increasingly complex. As sites of care continue shifting toward the home, complex therapies are following.
Infusion and specialty pharmacy are no longer operating in separate worlds. As therapies grow in complexity and sites of care become more fluid, patients increasingly move between home, ambulatory, and hospital-based settings.
For infusion pharmacists, delivering life-saving therapies like parenteral nutrition, antibiotics, or immunoglobulins at home isn’t just a vision, it’s daily practice. Seniors comprise over 74% of infusion patients,1 so workforce shortages and logistical challenges threaten timely access to critical care for some of our most vulnerable.
Different infusion pumps often use different technologies for delivering medication, with some potentially working better for certain therapies than others. Due to these technological differences, each pump has a unique Resolution and Continuity of Flow profile, which affects the pump’s ability to deliver medication both accurately and effectively.
Tuesday morning at NHIA 2026 featured a breakfast symposium covering the complexities of Secondary Immunodeficiencies and our innovative 30-30-30 sessions that cover a central topic from 3 angles with unique perspectives. Our closing Keynote Arel Moodie shared the principles of powerful research called Adult Development Theory to help explain why people act and make the decisions they do and how to leverage different modes of being to best accomplish the task at hand or lead your teams to achieve their goals.
Monday morning kicked off with a high-octane networking breakfast before the General Session which featured a panel of legislative and regulatory experts covering the latest policy developments affecting the home infusion industry. We were also proud to honor Melissa Leone, RN, BSN, FNHIA as this year’s Gene Graves Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient for her 35+ year career focused on developing operational practices that enabled consistently safe care for patients while mentoring and developing the clinical leaders of the future.
NHIA 2026 convened the largest gathering dedicated to the home and alternate site infusion industry in Denver, Colorado, featuring the event’s most extensive Expo ever with more than 150 product and service suppliers supporting the industry, including 40 first-time exhibitors. The conference continued to see an increase in individuals investing to attend the conference and more than 1,700 industry professionals attended the 5-day event.
Specialized therapy administration in the home is becoming increasingly complex. As sites of care continue shifting toward the home, complex therapies are following.