Medistar Healthcare Connections

What Medistar Healthcare Connections does

MediStar Healthcare Connections Corporation is an Arizona-incorporated, privately held pharmacy services company founded in August 2003 and headquartered at 3770 N 7th Street, Suite 200, Phoenix, Arizona. The company provides Remote Order Entry (ROE) and adjacent clinical pharmacy services to small and mid-sized hospitals across the United States, enabling these facilities to maintain continuous pharmacist medication order review without the cost of round-the-clock in-house staffing.

The core technical platform is a centralized Remote Order Entry system operated from a HIPAA-compliant pharmacy operations center in Phoenix, allowing licensed, board-registered hospital pharmacists to remotely process medication orders, perform drug utilization review, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic interchange, and 24-hour drug information services for client hospitals during after-hours, weekends, and holidays. No APIs, SDKs, mobile apps, or third-party software integrations are disclosed; the architecture is described as secure network systems technology ensuring HIPAA-compliant patient information transmission.

The business model is a recurring subscription-style staffing-support arrangement in which MediStar bills hospitals for 24x7x365 pharmacist coverage on a contract-negotiated basis, with pricing individually quoted rather than publicly tiered. Go-to-market is a direct B2B enterprise field-sales motion targeting hospital administrators and pharmacy directors through phone outreach (602-337-5700), email, and website contact forms, with no evidence of digital marketing, channel partners, or marketplace dynamics. The company is bootstrapped and founder-led, with co-founders Ini P. Akpabio (President/CEO) and Eugene Okonkwo (COO/CFO) serving as the senior leadership team.

Name

Medistar Healthcare Connections

Legal name

MediStar Healthcare Connections Corporation

Website

https://medistarhc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MediStar Healthcare Connections Corporation, founded in 2003 in Phoenix, Arizona, provides centralized Remote Order Entry and 24x7x365 pharmacist staffing support to small and mid-sized hospitals nationwide from a HIPAA-compliant operations center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Pharmacy Staffing Services

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital & Health-System Pharmacies (Inpatient/Outpatient) (HLAFALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Provider/Health-System Telehealth + In-House/Owned Pharmacy Integration (HLALAIAB)

Keywords

• Remote pharmacy staffing
• Hospital pharmacy services
• Remote order entry
• After-hours pharmacy coverage
• Clinical pharmacy support

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Remote Pharmacy Staffing Services: The company provides 24x7x365 pharmacist staffing support to hospitals, charging for coverage services during after-hours (6:00pm to 7:00am), weekends, and holidays. Revenue is generated through staffing support contracts with hospital clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Medistar Healthcare Connections provides Remote Order Entry (ROE) pharmacy staffing support services to hospitals nationwide, delivering 24x7x365 coverage by licensed, board-registered hospital pharmacists operating from a HIPAA-compliant central pharmacy in Phoenix, Arizona. Services include after-hours, weekend, and holiday pharmacist coverage, clinical services such as drug utilization review and pharmacokinetics, and remote pharmacy order processing to help small and mid-sized hospitals maintain continuous pharmacist medication order review cost-effectively.

Product overview

MediStar Healthcare Connections offers a unified Remote Order Entry (ROE) platform providing 24x7x365 pharmacy staffing support services for hospitals. The company's portfolio consists of three integrated service modules: Clinical Services (Drug Utilization, Pharmacokinetics, Therapeutic Interchange), Pharmacy Staffing (After Hours Coverage, Supplemental Coverage, Personnel Shortages, Holiday/Weekend Support), and Remote Pharmacy (24-Hour Order Processing, 24-Hour Drug Information). Together, these services enable hospitals—particularly small and mid-sized facilities—to maintain continuous pharmacist medication order review while balancing patient safety and fiscal responsibility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clinical Services Clinical pharmacy services including Drug Utilization, Pharmacokinetics, and Therapeutic Interchange, provided to support hospital pharmacy operations and improve patient care outcomes.
• Pharmacy Staffing Remote pharmacy staffing support providing After Hours Pharmacy Coverage, Supplemental Pharmacy Coverage, Staffing and Personnel Shortages support, and Holidays/Weekends Pharmacy Support for hospitals.
• Remote Pharmacy 24-Hour Pharmacy Order Processing and 24-Hour Drug Information services enabling continuous remote pharmacy order entry (ROE) operations for hospitals.
• Remote Order Entry (ROE) Central service offering providing remote hospital pharmacy order entry by licensed, board-registered pharmacists 24x7x365 to support hospitals during after-hours, weekends, and holidays when in-house pharmacists are unavailable.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cost-effective alternative to traditional 24-hour pharmacist staffing
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• pipelineRx (Convey Health Solutions): Provides remote pharmacist order entry and clinical pharmacy services to hospitals on a 24/7 basis. Direct competitor to MediStar's ROE staffing model, serving small, mid-sized, and community hospitals with comparable after-hours and weekend coverage offerings.
• PharmaLogics Recruiting: Pharmacy staffing agency placing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians into hospitals, including remote and travel assignments. Comparable to MediStar as a hospital pharmacy staffing provider, though with a stronger focus on temporary and contract placements rather than dedicated ROE.
• Soliant Health: Healthcare staffing firm that places pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and other allied health professionals into hospitals and health systems. Directly comparable to MediStar's hospital pharmacy staffing business, though broader across allied health disciplines.

Broad incumbents

• CPS Solutions (Comprehensive Pharmacy Services): Large hospital pharmacy services provider offering outsourced pharmacy management, staffing, and clinical pharmacy programs across health systems. Overlaps with MediStar on remote pharmacy staffing but operates at a much broader scale and with full pharmacy management capabilities.
• PharMerica: Institutional pharmacy services company serving hospitals, long-term care, and specialty pharmacy channels. Comparable to MediStar as a B2B pharmacy services provider to healthcare institutions, though PharMerica operates at substantially larger scale.
• Cardinal Health (Hospital Pharmacy Services): Major healthcare services and distribution company with hospital pharmacy services and outsourced pharmacy operations. Comparable to MediStar in serving hospital pharmacy needs but as part of a much broader healthcare distribution and services portfolio.

Others

• McKesson (Hospital Pharmacy Solutions): Healthcare distribution and services giant with hospital pharmacy support offerings including staffing, consulting, and pharmacy management. Adjacent competitor to MediStar for outsourced hospital pharmacy services at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Aveanna Healthcare (formerly PSA Healthcare): Large home health and pharmacy services provider including specialty pediatric pharmacy. Adjacent to MediStar's pharmacy services for healthcare institutions, with overlap in clinical pharmacy operations but stronger orientation toward home-infusion pharmacy.

Emerging players

• RxBenefits: Pharmacy benefit solutions provider offering pharmacy management and clinical services to employer-sponsored plans and healthcare institutions. Comparable to MediStar as a B2B pharmacy services provider to institutional clients, though focused on PBM-adjacent services rather than direct order entry.
• Trustaff (Trustaff Pharmacy Staffing): Travel and permanent placement staffing firm with a pharmacy staffing division serving hospitals nationwide. Comparable to MediStar in delivering hospital pharmacy staffing support, though more reliant on travel/contract models than centralized remote staffing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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