Serving central and eastern Oregon since 1989...
Soon after returning to Bend from Alaska, Pharmacist Barbara Dembsky started HomeCare IV to provide the clinical and economic benefitsof infusion therapies and enteral nutrition services administered in the home.
In the late 80's most infusion therapies were provided in a hospital and often involved lengthy stays. The technology and clinical knowledge needed to safely administer infusion therapies, such as antibiotics, pain medications, blood transfusions, and chemotherapy, outside a hospital setting was just beginning to find wide acceptance in the health care community. Yet, as advanced as health care services were in central Oregon then, there were no providers of home infusion services.
Barbara, a Registered Pharmacist who moved to Bend following graduation from the University of Wisconsin, received her initial education in the clinical and technical aspects of home infusion in Alaska while managing a pharmacy in Anchorage. The need for those services in Bend was evident when she moved back to Bend.
The first location was a 400 square foot office on Northeast Greenwood Avenue. Our current facility was built for HomeCare IV in 1999 and is located adjacent to the Saint Charles Medical Center campus.
In 2009, HomeCare IV celebrated its twentieth year serving the central and eastern Oregon community. Since 1989 the company has grown from a staff of two to a team of 18 skilled Clinical Pharmacists, Registered Nurses, Certified Pharmacy Technicians, and billing and reimbursement specialists committed to serving the people of their community.
HomeCare IV has been accredited by the Joint Commission of Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations since 1994. Maintaining accreditation is one way we insure we're meeting the highest standards of care for our patients. Over 6000 patients have had the benefit of innovative, clinically and cost effective home and out-patient infusion therapies and the healthcare community has benefitted from millions of dollars in cost savings.
HomeCare I.V. of Bend, Inc. has earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval™
