Who You Gonna Call? Telepharmacy And Patient Outcomes
From December to May of 2020, telehealth use increased from 8-29% due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The increase in use was likely due to patients being more cautious about leaving their homes. Additionally, some state governors signed executive orders that eased some of the restrictions of telehealth, which also increased its use. Telepharmacy is a […]
Thanksgiving Stuffing. It’s Not What You Think!
Most people look forward to Thanksgiving, and since it comes around once a year, why not literally make the most of it by stuffing yourself with all that delicious food, right? Wrong. Thanksgiving and the days after are some of the busiest days in the emergency room. Since the holiday is highly associated with overeating, […]
Medicare Open Enrollment: How To Choose?
Medicare is a government program that provides subsidized healthcare coverage for those aged 65+ years or people with disabilities. There are two kinds of Medicare: “original” Medicare (aka Medicare) and Medicare Advantage. Figuring out which plan is best suited for you can be challenging, so knowing the basics of each plan can help you choose […]
Preventing Adverse Drug Events
By: Hannah Grice, PharmD Adverse Drug Events Room for error: In the elderly population, medications have gone from blessing to possible threat. Prescriptions are being written liberally and scripts for the elderly are roughly 33% of the US total. “One in six hospital admissions of older adults is because of an adverse drug event (ADE), […]
PharmD Live’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2021
PharmD Live writes and publishes blogs for different reasons: to impart knowledge and best practices on things like value-based care and medication management, to highlight important changes in a constantly shifting industry, and to grow our community of health providers who want to improve health outcomes through value-based care clinical solutions. Below, we have compiled […]
Preparing For MIPS: From Idea To Implementation
January 1 is the hallmark of new beginnings—and for physicians and hospital clinics, this year will be no different. January 1, 2019 marks the first opportunity for eligible physicians and hospital clinics to earn penalties and incentives for performance through one of Medicare’s Quality Payment Programs, the Merit Incentive-Based Payment System (MIPS). MIPS replaces the […]
Choosing MIPS Measures: Catalyzing Success
Preparing for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is steadily moving up the priority list of physicians and healthcare executives as January 1, 2019, draws near. The financial implications—and upside and downside swings—are imminent. Changes are coming—and proponents and opponents can agree on one thing: a shift of this magnitude requires deft planning. To experts preparing […]
MIPS Tips: Procrastinator’s Edition
The decision to enter the medical profession is personal—and for most of us, it precluded mountains of paperwork and coils of red tape. It had to do with people, healing and working for the greater good. As a pharmacist and CEO, it is easy to envision why business planning so often takes a back seat […]
Polypharmacy Demographics: Studying The Rise In Over Prescribing
Polypharmacy is the utilization of multiple medications for one or more conditions generally regarded as treatment with five or more medications simultaneously. The elderly population is most susceptible to this practice, with nearly 40-50% of elderly patients being prescribed an array of medications to treat multiple conditions. Swedish Study Shows Increases As Patients Age: As […]
Medication Overload: How Much, Is Too Much?
Polypharmacy Definition and Risk Factors Polypharmacy is most often defined as the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single medical condition. This often results in poor coordinated care for the patient because patients who live with multiple chronic conditions are more likely to have a decreased quality of life and self-rated health, lower […]