Practice Transformation Personalized vax outreach seems to work A new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor report finds many individuals who were initially hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine in January, but ultimately did get one, say that family, friends and their…
Practice Transformation Biden vax effort focuses on trusted messengers President Biden last week announced a summer-long initiative to reach the vaccine-resistant. Outreach will become increasingly granular, and it will include going door-to-door and visiting places of worship. Primary care will…
Practice Transformation AMA: Under 4% of docs remain unvaccinated More than 96% of U.S. physicians have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a new AMA survey. Of the physicians who are not yet vaccinated, 45% intend to get one.…
Practice Transformation New org to advance primary care Primary care is the key to transforming health care in America, write ACP President George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, and AAFP President Ada D. Stewart, MD. With that, they announced the launch…
Practice Transformation Maybe it’s not comorbidities Patients with cardiovascular disease who had worse composite scores for six social determinants of health—including education, 30-day food security and health insurance—were less likely to adhere to all the measures recommended to lower their…
Today, the GTMRx National Task Force released an important new report: Report and Recommendations—Building Vaccine Confidence in the Health Neighborhood. Task Force calls for community action and changes to create grassroots organizations called Vaccine Confidence Leagues. What GTMRx Task Force Leaders are saying: Local…
Practice Transformation Integrating drug, medical benefits saves money, improves outcomes Highmark group customers with integrated medical and pharmacy benefits saved an average of $150-$230 per member per year compared to those with carved-out pharmacy benefits, according to independent analysis by…
Practice Transformation The elephant in the room: appropriate use of medications The most pressing issues related to managing medications isn’t cost; it’s the lack of communication between prescribers and pharmacists, according to a recent Get the Medications Right (GTMRx) Institute…
Practice Transformation Key concern: Lack of provider/pharmacist communication In terms of managing medications, what’s the biggest issue? Surprisingly, it’s not cost. In a GTMRx survey of health care leaders, 50.3% of respondents chose lack of communication between prescribers and pharmacists.…
Practice Transformation Include pharmacy in whole-person VBC Conversations about patient-centered and value-based care typically leave out the pharmacy aspect, writes Karthik Ganesh, CEO at EmpiRx Health, a value-based PBM. “If we ever hope to improve patient outcomes and lower unsustainable…
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