Aug 23, 2013 | Medication Therapy Management Helped Reduce Readmissions by More Than 50 Percent
Proactive involvement of pharmacist as member of interdisciplinary patient care team
Aug 22, 2013 | A Familiar Healthcare Model
Study shows healthcare costs caused by improper or unnecessary use of meds exceeded $200 billion in 2012
Aug 22, 2013 | More Stress for Hospitals
Non-adherent patients are twice as likely to be readmitted to hospital than patients that adhere to post-discharge plan of care
Aug 22, 2013 | Study: Hospital discharge processes still need work
New research reveals hospitals need clearer, well-designed discharge processes for older patients
Aug 21, 2013 | Meet the 15 Birmingham companies on the Inc 5000
Meet the 15 Birmingham companies on the Inc 5000
Aug 16, 2013 | UnitedHealth Exec Offers 5 Tips on Patient Engagement
The giant health insurer has learned much from its consumer engagement program
Aug 15, 2013 | Hospital Finance, Quality Team Up for Better Profit Margins
Helping Patients Avoid a Readmission
Aug 13, 2013 | Medical Monitoring Goes Mobile
Can the use of mobile devices increase a patient's adherence to medications?
Aug 09, 2013 | Maine hospitals rank well, but a dozen face Medicare penalties for readmissions
Medicare evaluated 20 of Maine’s 39 hospitals. Twelve hospitals will be penalized and eight face no fines.
Aug 09, 2013 | For some post-op care, a phone call may be all that’s needed
A phone call or in-person visit for post-op care? What's your preference?