pharmacist
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Prescribing Change for the Impact Pharmacists Can Make in Healthcare
Even as value-based care finds its footing and expands further, team-based approaches to care delivery incorporating pharmacists as crucial connections are already bearing results—helping provider organizations achieve 5-star CMS ratings for medication adherence, driving down costs, and driving up the quality of life for patients.
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Pharmacists Are Essential to Rural Access to Healthcare
Tapping into community pharmacy can bring water to these rural healthcare deserts. Studies show that nine in ten Americans live within five miles of a pharmacy and high-risk patients visited their community pharmacy an average of 35 times per year, compared to four visits to their primary care provider and nine visits to specialists.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Pharmacies Primed to put Patient Needs Back at the Forefront of Care
While they’ve always served as hubs for medication and other basic necessities, now is the time to innovate and remove the burden from the healthcare system. It’s time for pharmacies to become central locations for all things health and wellness– diagnostics included.
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MedCity Influencers, Community
Managing medications during Covid-19: A team effort in transitional care
As my personal experience with my grandparents proved, engaging with your local pharmacist can reduce the burden placed on a patient’s family and the primary caregiver, while making the transition to at-home care manageable.
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New tool lets CVS pharmacists find medication savings opportunities
The rollout of the Rx Savings Finder is starting with CVS Caremark PBM members but will become more broadly available throughout 2018.
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Digital health and the pharmacy of the future: 5 startups to watch
A California state law passed last fall to recognize pharmacists as healthcare providers illustrates how […]
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This resourceful pharmacist built a software startup to help people shop for prescription meds
Pharmacist Michael Rea got his startup idea from one particular customer whose mother was paying […]
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UNC spinout wants to help health workers wipe out surface contamination by harmful cancer drugs
Chemotherapy drugs used today are potent and nonselective, meaning they kill both cancerous and non-cancerous […]
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.