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,…
Pharmaceuticals are the most common medical intervention, and their potential to both help and harm is enormous[1] Annually, 1 billion prescriptions, or 12.5 per person, are filled at U.S. pharmacies.[2] Drug-related morbidity and mortality costs exceed $177 billion annually in…
By Terry McInnis, president, Blue Thorn Inc. | June 2016 A health care model that yields a positive ROI, improves care and leaves patients and clinicians satisfied? Can't be done, you say? You're close: Few areas in health care can claim a…
By Katherine H. Capps, president, Health2 Resources | June 2016 If you want to upset me, tell me "Oh, it's just semantics." Words, and the way we use them, matter. How we label things matters. If you need ibuprofen, you don't…
By Terry McInnis, MD, MPH, CPE, FACOEM, president, Blue Thorn Inc. | May 2016 In May, health care industry insiders and outsiders alike were stunned. A report announced medical errors are the third leading cause of death. Me? I’m not…
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…