Drug Topics October 8, 2024
Adherence interventions and comprehensive reviews can reduce health care costs, boost revenue, and improve patient outcomes.
Health care costs are continuing to soar, and medication misuse and nonadherence are major contributors. However, a large gap exists between what pharmacists are doing to mitigate this increase and how pharmacists’ roles can expand to address it further.
“The health care industry, right now, needs for pharmacists to work at the top of their license to support consumer expectations, address clinician shortages, and align with health care’s march toward providing greater value,” said Lauren Adair, PharmD, director of network enablement at Outcomes, in a session at the 2024 Total Pharmacy Solutions Summit, held virtually on July 13, 2024. Medication therapy management (MTM) and...