Lurie Children’s First Specialty Pharmacy Opens in Schaumburg, Illinois
August 27, 2026
Lurie Children’s first outpatient specialty pharmacy has opened. The 2,050-square-foot pharmacy is located on the third floor of the new Lurie Children’s Outpatient and Infusion Center in Schaumburg, Illinois. The specialty pharmacy offers pediatric patients improved access to specialty medications and enhanced clinical support for complex medical conditions that require a higher level of care. The project team included HKS and Skender.
Lurie Children’s and Clearway Health’s partnership launched in April of 2025 to begin the planning, building and operating stages of the specialty pharmacy.
The pharmacy is designed to simplify the care journey and eliminate barriers to patients starting specialty medication therapies. Skilled specialty pharmacy patient liaisons are embedded with care teams in clinical practices across Lurie Children’s such as hematology and oncology, pulmonology, cystic fibrosis, endocrinology, genetics, rheumatology, dermatology, gastroenterology and neurology. The specialty pharmacy experts provide personalized education and support to each patient and coordinate a medication management program through treatment assessments, monitoring and adherence.
Lurie Children’s providers and clinical care teams also gain valuable administrative support for time-intensive tasks such as health plan benefits investigations, prior authorizations and patient financial assistance, allowing more focus on patient care. Clearway Health’s team proactively works to assess potential administrative barriers and streamline these processes to improve medication delivery to the patient.