It’s Time to Actively Manage Medications at the Individual Level
Any successful response to skyrocketing drug costs has to also actively manage medications at the...
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Category: Prescription Drugs
AI Can Help Better Manage Polypharmacy Patients, Study Shows
New research was published this week analyzing how AI can be used to better manage medications for senior patients who use multiple medications simultaneously. It analyzed FeelBetter’s AI platform, which pinpoints patients at high risk of deterioration and preventable hospitalization due to suboptimal medication management.
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Senators target false prescription medication marketing on social media with new bill
Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced bipartisan legislation Thursday to confront the sale and misleading promotion of prescription drugs by telehealth firms and social media influencers.
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Shifting Focus from Medication Costs to Medication Value
To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs.
Read MoreStanford study: 30% of opioid-naive Medicaid patients develop a dependency after prescription
A new Stanford study revealed that among Medicaid patients who had never taken an opioid, 30% developed an opioid dependency following their first prescription. The research showed that opioids that have historically marketed as...
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Drug History and Skeletons of Abuse
The Deadly Pain Medicine Sold by SkeletonsThese days, we're used to pharmaceutical advertising...
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