News Brief | April 30, 2019
ONC wants more comments on health IT rules
Join with J&J, Quest Diagnostics, Medecision and ACCP to Get The Medications Right
By Katherine H. Capps, Co-Founder and Executive Director, GTMRx Institute April 17, 2019 The challenge seems almost insurmountable—advance evidence-based, appropriate use of medication and gene therapies so the right medication reaches the right person at the right time. But today…
GTMRx Institute launched to advance evidence-based, appropriate use of medication and gene therapies
Founding organizations include J&J, Medecision, American College of Clinical Pharmacy and Quest Diagnostics Vienna, Va., April 17, 2019 – The Get the Medications Right™ (GTMRx) Institute launched today as a multi-stakeholder catalyst for change—to raise awareness of and champion a…
New PHASeR initiative helps Get the Medications Right for veterans
March 13, 2019: Sanford Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announces a program that will provide pharmacogenetic testing to U.S. veterans at no cost to veterans or taxpayers. By Katherine Capps, Co-Founder and Executive Director, GTMRx Institute March…
Wrong drugs and doses, skipped regimens and drug interactions cost US $528B annually
April 3, 2018, Vienna, Va. – The high price of prescriptions at the pharmacy counter isn’t the only drug cost problem in the U.S. A new study finds that illness and death resulting from the wrong prescription, the wrong dose,…
Get the medications right™: Report explores comprehensive medication management, identifies barriers, opportunities and lessons
May 24, 2016, Vienna, Va.– What if there were experts who worked alongside physicians to adjust and maximize the benefit of all medicines a person takes? Professionals who could help a grandfather control his diabetes and hypertension with fewer side…