The numbers are staggering, but the solution comes down to one simple question: Is this the right medication for this person? GTMRx will advocate for comprehensive medication management, practice transformation and policy and payment reform to solve the $528 billion problem of…
Avoidable illness and death resulting from non-optimized medication therapy cost $528.4 billion in 2016*—16% of the $3.2 trillion spent annually on health care in the U.S. The significant human toll associated with these same costs: 275,000 lives lost. The cost…
Pharmaceuticals are the most common medical intervention, and their potential for both help and harm is enormous. Ensuring that Americans get the most benefit from advances in pharmacology is a critical component of improving the national health care system. Comprehensive…
The GTMRx Institute is anchored in our belief statements. They’re at the center of everything we do. If you agree, we invite you to join the movement to get the medications right. Together, we’re working to save lives, save money, and when…
It’s long past the time to talk about “pilots” or “emerging practices” when discussing comprehensive medication management (CMM). CMM programs have been tested and retested, the results studied and documented. It’s not emerging: It has emerged—as a practice to improve outcomes, control costs and enhance the satisfaction…
Defining an intervention and ensuring consistency in delivery is necessary to establish a common understanding and set of expectations across key stakeholder groups including patients, pharmacists, physicians, other health care providers, and payers. This also allows the service to be…
Public attention and recent policy activity has intensified focus on escalating medication prices. However, the actual cost of medication use extends beyond the up-front cost of purchasing medicines. It also encompasses the additional medical costs of morbidity and mortality resulting…
An issue brief from Health2 Resources, Get the medications right™: a dozen lessons, explores how comprehensive medication management is transforming care delivery for patients, pharmacists and other clinicians. It identifies key lessons from the new report Get the medications right™: a nationwide…
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Support the GTMRx Foundation to get the medications right™. A donation from you can help to reduce the 275,000 lives lost and $528 billion wasted each year due to suboptimal medication use. Donations support practice and policy transformations and allows us to provide free resources for our members. We believe everyone deserves access to comprehensive medication management to ensure safe, appropriate and effective medication use. Help us make that happen. Need to be convinced? Watch Brenda's story.
