Happy Holidays from GTMRx!
We don't need to shake hands to join hands. Wishing you a happy holiday season as 2020 comes to a close. In observance of the holidays, our office will be closed Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 at noon - Sunday, Jan.…
Blog | Precise, personalized and scalable: PGx as an essential tool in the CMM process
By Jill S. Bates, PharmD, MS, BCOP, FASHP, National PHASER pharmacy program manager, the Department of Veterans Affairs December 4, 2020 Precise, personalized and scalable: PGx as an essential tool in the CMM process Let’s begin with our conclusion: To…
Blog | A call to action: Employers must leverage their buying power to transform health care
Cheryl Larson President and Chief Executive Officer, Midwest Business Group on Health GTMRx Employer Toolkit Taskforce Member As employers, we want to build a better health care system. We want to improve the cost, quality and safety of health care. At…
Blog | Putting CMM in practice: Getting it right
By Mark Loafman, MD, Chair, Family and Community Health, Cook County Health and Hospitals System October 28, 2020 Putting CMM in practice: Getting it right Optimal patient care requires optimal medication use. We know that instinctually in primary care, even…
Blog | Changing how we pay changes what we do: Recap of Patrick Conway on team-based care
By Katherine H. Capps, Co-Founder and Executive Director, GTMRx Institute; President, Health2 Resources October 16, 2020 Changing how we pay changes what we do: Recap of Patrick Conway on team-based care Our Oct. 9 GTMRx Executive Roundtable yielded a wealth…
Blog | Pharmacogenomics, pharmacogenetics and medication optimization
By Katherine H. Capps, Co-Founder and Executive Director, GTMRx Institute; President, Health2 Resources September 30, 2020 Pharmacogenomics, pharmacogenetics and medication optimization It’s been a tough few months, so let’s take on a lighter subject: names. We often hear “pharmacogenetics” and…
Blog | CMM: Accept no substitutes
By Katherine H. Capps, Co-Founder and Executive Director, GTMRx Institute; President, Health2 Resources September 9, 2020 CMM: Accept no substitutes You wouldn’t refer to all cars as Lamborghinis, nor would you refer to all vegetables as broccoli. Words matter. Specificity…
Blog | Health IT and CMM: It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish. So get started.
By Molly Ekstrand, BPharm, BCACP, AE-C, Consultant with North Star Medication Optimization, LLC; Distinguished Fellow, GTMRx Institute August 19, 2020 Health IT and CMM: It's not where you start, it's where you finish. So get started. This is what we…
Blog | To optimize medication use, listen to the patient’s perspective
By Elizabeth Helms, Director, Chronic Care Policy Alliance; President & CEO, California Chronic Care Coalition; Executive Member, GTMRx Institute August 5, 2020 To optimize medication use, listen to the patient’s perspective We know that successfully implementing comprehensive medication management (CMM)…
Press Release | GTMRx Institute Issues New Report Highlighting Need for Medication Management Reform
The Get the Medications Right™ Institute brings together Leaders in Health Care to Save Lives, Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Cost of Care Tysons Corner, VA -- July 22 , 2020 -- Today, The Get the Medications Right™ (GTMRx)…
