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Shifting from Legacy Medication Management to Intelligent Medication Optimization
How a drug reacts in the body varies from person to person. Factors such as age, weight, and kidney function all have ...
Sandy Bonfin, PharmD, BCPS
Sandy Bonfin, PharmD, BCPS, is a clinical pharmacist. She writes about medication-related problems, comprehensive medication management, and medication intelligence.
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CMS Health Equity Index
According to the American Heart Association, Black Americans experience a 45% higher rate of mortality from stroke and ...
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Comprehensive Medication Management’s Impact on Behavioral Health
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has estimated that about 16% of adults take prescription ...
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What is Medication Reconciliation and Why Is It Important?
Transitions of care, the movement of patients through different settings, are prone to miscommunications, loss of ...
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AI in Healthcare to Solve Medication Management
According to a 2019 study from the Journal of the American Medical Association, the US healthcare system wastes an ...
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7 Strategies for Managing Medications for Patients with Chronic Conditions
Patients with chronic conditions have a higher risk of medication-related problems including medication non-adherence. ...
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An Introduction to Medication Therapy Management
Adverse drug events (ADEs), one of the top causes of death in the United States, affect almost a quarter of patients in ...
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Challenges of Medication Management for Mental Health
The mental health crisis did not happen overnight. Rates of depression among adolescents and young adults increased by ...
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How to Improve Disease Management with Comprehensive Medication Management
With more than half of adults diagnosed with at least one chronic condition and 86% of health care costs attributable ...
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The Staggering Cost of Medication Related Problems
Medication-related problems (MRPs) are issues caused by prescription medications that can interfere with a patient’s ...