Improving Population Health Can Start With Adjusting Traditional Pharmacy Solutions
Pharmacy Times May 5, 2022
It is essential to change the way pharmacists address the needs of diverse populations.
Better serving certain patient populations for medication adherence and reducing the total cost of care can be managed by looking at the inequities of race and personalizing care for specific patient populations, according to a session presented at the 2022 Pharmacy Quality Alliance Annual Meeting.
Sharon K. Jhawar, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, chief pharmacy officer at the Senior Care Action Network (SCAN) Health Plan, discussed how important these populations are for catered care by describing how SCAN helps to keep senior citizens healthy and stay independent through health care, medical, and social care.
Jhawar said SCAN uses several actions to reduce disparities, including a Health Equity Dashboard,...