When pharmacists track meds, collaborate with docs, everybody wins
When pharmacist and physicians work together, it improves outcomes for the patient and can save money due to unnecessary medications or re-hospitalization.
According to an article in MedPageToday.com, medication errors, unnecessary emergency room visits, preventable hospital readmissions — all costs can be reduced through better medication management and who knows medication better then the pharmacist?
When pharmacists and physicians work together, we are seeing better patient care and outcomes.
One challenge has been weak interoperability — i.e., electronic medical records that don’t speak well to one another across providers.
Yet when primary care doctors who are docked for poor performance outcomes, such as hospital readmission rates, learn that pharmacists can help doctors lower such rates, they quickly find ways to help pharmacists access their electronic medical records.
PGx Medical works directly with physicians and pharmacists across the country to help provide better quality of care to seniors through medication management. “Our PGx Medical propriety process can integrate test results with EHRs for each individual patient,” said Brant Bullard, Director of Operations for PGx Medical. “It’s seamless and everyone wins. The healthcare team will have evidence-based information at their fingertips to help them provide individualized care, and the patient lives a better quality of life.”
For more information on medication management, via pharmacogenetic testing, contact PGx Medical, info@pgxmed.com or 405-509-5112.
source: medpagetoday.com