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PharmaPoint in the news and related industry articles.

PharmaPoint in the News

Improving Care Coordination Throughout the Facility: A strategy to place the pharmacy at the point of care, ensuring that a pharmacist serves as an integral member of the patient-centered care team – Read article

Continuum of Care Through Pharmacies: A discussion with Mike Plaia, chief executive officer at PharmaPoint – Read article

Doctors Establishing Pharmacies Inside Practices to Make Patients’ Lives Easier: A pharmacy inside a doctor’s office proves advantageous for patients and relief for doctors – Read article

North Florida Hospital opens outpatient pharmacy: North Florida Hospital has recently opened a PharmaPoint point-of-care retail pharmacy within the facility. – Read article

Industry News

Apr 28, 2015 | How Pharmacists Can Better Assist Deaf Patients
Effective pharmacist/patient communication is essential to ensure safe medication use and optimal health outcomes

Apr 24, 2015 | New Research Supports Increasing Patient Communication about Prescription Medicines
53% & 45% of prescribers surveyed: pharmacists & the Internet are patients’ most frequent sources of info about drug safety

Apr 23, 2015 | Reaching Beyond Adherence
To truly achieve patient engagement you also need to engage those influencing them

Apr 21, 2015 | Bringing the Patient-Centered Medical Home into the Community
Non-adherence is one of the most costly problems the healthcare system faces

Apr 16, 2015 | Pharmacist Survey Raises Concerns for Patient Access to Generic Drugs
Most pharmacists (87%) said it took at least a month for reimbursement rates to be updated by the insurance plan’s PBM

Apr 15, 2015 | A Little Help from Pharmacists Helps A-Fib Patients Adhere to Prescriptions
It’s relatively easy to ignore the tiny printing on a medication container, or to rationalize why that doesn’t apply to you

Apr 14, 2015 | Ask the Right Questions to Improve Medication Adherence
Pharmacists can improve a patient’s medication adherence by dispensing information beyond a drug’s label

Apr 10, 2015 | Study: Pharmacists’ Role on Healthcare Team Expanding
Notable shift identified - more pharmacists working in patient care roles & providing more patient care services