- Outcome Metrics in Care Transitions to Pay Attention To (youtube.com)
John Moorman, PharmD, BCPS, Pharmacist at Akron General Medical Center in Ohio talks about the outcome metrics of care transitions that pharmacists should pay attention to.
- Importance of Provider Status in Value-Based Care (pharmacytimes.com)
Sandra Leal, PharmD, at SinfoniaRx explains the importance of provider status in value-based care.
- Importance of Provider Status in Value-Based Care (pharmacytimes.com)
Sandra Leal, Vice President for Innovation at SinfoniaRx explains the important of provider status in value-based care.
- DSNTV: Leveraging technology to enable patient-facing pharmacy care (drugstorenews.com)
Doyle Jensen, talks to Drug Store News about the technology solutions available to help pharmacists spend more time delivering patient-facing care and less time filling prescriptions.
- Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Not a Cost Saver (specialtypharmacytimes.com)
Medicare Part D cost saving projections is based on flawed methodology….impact of the may be overstated,..since 2006, Part D provided significantly greater access to prescription drugs for approximately 50 million Medicare subscribers, but this has not caused a clear drop in emergency room visits, hospital stays, inpatient costs, or mortality.
- AHA raises alarm on proposed Medicare quality metrics (modernhealthcare.com)
Providers are hoping that the CMS will change course on quality-measure reporting requirements outlined in a proposed 2016 prospective payment rule for acute and long-term-care hospitals….the suggested quality measures lack endorsement by the National Quality Forum,…the gold standard for endorsing best practices…
- Team-Based Care Reduces Inappropriate Prescribing for Older Patients (pharmacytimes.com)
Clinical pharmacists included in team-based interventions can reduce the proportion of potentially inappropriate medications dispensed to elderly patients in the emergency department ...Enhancing the Quality of Prescribing Practices for Older Veterans Discharged… integrated provider education, electronic medical record-embedded pharmacy order sets, and peer feedback and benchmarking into the care model.
- Care coordination is key to cost control (healthcareitnews.com)
'Technology and analytics, connected with care will reduce redundancy and drive down cost. "It’s not just talk about clinical integration ..."..you have to talk about what’s next around value-based contracting,"… If you do a better quality of care with a patient, you will reduce costs."…keeping tabs on patients as they move through different care settings.
- Check your health records: You may be able to avoid trouble. (washingtonpost.com)
It’s not uncommon for medical records to contain errors, says Trisha Torrey,...recommends that all patients take the time to closely examine their medical records.
- Changes Ahead for Specialty Pharmacy Patients (specialtypharmacytimes.com)
Ron Lanton …. discusses how the specialty pharmacy landscape will evolve in the coming years.