Healthcare IT Today July 30, 2024
John Lynn

The following is an interview with Weston Blakeslee, PhD, VP Population Health at DrFirst

Tell us a little bit about yourself and DrFirst.

I’m VP of Population Health at DrFirst, a leading healthcare technology vendor. We improve efficiency and patient care by streamlining medication management workflows and helping patients start and stay on therapy. I also lead the company’s Applied Clinical Research initiative, which measures the value of DrFirst solutions through customer improvements in clinician productivity and clinical outcomes.

How big of a problem is patients not filling their prescriptions? What are some of the financial and care impacts?

Prescription abandonment is a huge problem, with studies showing that up to 25% of new prescriptions are never picked up....

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Topics: Health IT, Healthcare System, Interview / Q&A, Patient / Consumer, Population Health Mgmt, Provider, Technology, Trends
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