Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Tackling Drug Diversion and Medication Safety in Outpatient Care
Feb 14, 2026
Alex Yampolsky, pharmacist-turned-entrepreneur and Chief Clinical Officer at MedServe who modernizes outpatient medication and narcotic management. He talks about how outdated medication processes create diversion risks. He describes digital tracking, auditing and process design to secure drugs. He also covers operational burdens in ambulatory settings and offers career advice about following what energizes you.
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Pharmacist Turned Founder
- Alex Yampolsky recounts moving from clinical pharmacy into entrepreneurship after business school at UW–Madison.
- He founded two prior companies before joining MedServe to solve frontline problems he observed in healthcare.
Outpatient Medication Systems Lag
- Outpatient medication management often remains manual, using key-locked cabinets and paper logs.
- Digitizing and automating narcotic and high-value medication tracking makes compliance traceable and reportable.
How Diversion Happens In Outpatient Sites
- Alex describes cases where pharmacy staff were targeted or stole drugs within outpatient settings.
- He emphasizes outpatient sites often have unsupervised, uncontrolled access compared with hospitals, enabling diversion.