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This article by Home Health Care News underscores the significance of collaboration between pharmacists and home-based care providers to optimize patient care. At Care Coordinations we integrate your pharmacists into your care teams, allowing for real-time comprehensive medication reviews, identification of potential drug interactions, and the development of personalized medication plans.

Care collaboration and pharmacist interventions are critical strategies for managing medications in care transitions, but no method is useful if patients are not on board. Educating patients on their #MedicationTherapy can empower them to take an active part in their care plan. 👉Read more: https://loom.ly/UMlgcGw #MedicationSafety #PACE #MedicationAdherence #PatientCare

In a recent study across three VA centers, a patient-directed educational intervention was shown to modestly increase #deprescribing of potentially low-benefit and high-risk medications like PPIs and high-dose gabapentin. By providing medication-specific brochures before primary care visits, this low-tech, scalable strategy helped promote shared decision making and improve medication safety. These findings suggest a practical, patient-centered approach to tackling polypharmacy and improving outcomes in healthcare systems. How is your organization addressing deprescribing challenges? #HealthcareInnovation #PatientSafety #HealthcareLeadership

This article from Pharmacy Times details the barriers to medication adherence and offers several strategies to help improve medication adherence, including technology that allows patients to safely manage their medications with electronic reminders, which helps them play an essential part in their self-care and increases patient safety. Help Patients Safely Handle Medications to Improve Adherence https://lnkd.in/dwTnAPbf #medicationsafety #medicationmanagement #medicationadherence #healthtech #digitalhealth #seniortech #chronicdisease #pharmacyeducation

🚀💊 Empowering Healthcare's Frontline: From prescriptions to patient care plans, pharmacy professionals are redefining primary care in the UK. Discover how we're moving beyond the counter to lead the charge in clinical care. 💡🌟 #HealthcareInnovation #PharmacyImpact #PrimaryCareInnovation #GPPharmacySupport #HealthcareFuture #PharmacyLeadership #PharmacyLeadership   https://lnkd.in/ehJiSDWs

A great article in Pharmacy Times highlights pharmacists' role in supporting patient care as part of a team and alleviating physician burnout. Author Shannon Reidt calls out that technology will play an essential role in allowing pharmacists to work at the top of their licenses as they are also facing burnout and labor issues today. Pharmacists are already well-placed to support patients in chronic disease management based on their training, interactions, and experience. As Reidt states, innovative technology will have to streamline operations and lift administrative burdens so pharmacists can do what they do best: help patients. https://lnkd.in/guFR4G-J

At Homescripts our Ambulatory Pharmacists make important interventions daily. For compliance a medication regimen must be tailored to each patient's individual needs. Cost analysis and reduction of pill burden are often of foremost importance to our patients. Our TOC teams are *ROCKSTARS* and we love to be "tagged-in" to help patients they identify that may benefit from a pharmacist CMR. Through CMRs and financial analysis we work to help tailor patients medication regimens to one they understand and value; ultimately reducing readmissions. https://lnkd.in/e7bJxb3r

DYK: Emergency department physicians are interrupted as frequently as seven times per hour, which contributes to medication errors. Learn how #RFID supports a more efficient and accurate medication-use process that can enhance #patientsafety, help prevent drug diversion, and give clinicians more time for patient care. https://ow.ly/woWH50RO5Ts #SATO #RFID #Healthcare

Exciting new research highlights the critical role pharmacists play in patient care. The study shows that pharmacist-led discharge counseling can significantly boost medication adherence in heart failure patients and reduce hospital readmission rates during the crucial first month post-discharge. This evidence underscores the benefits of regular, personalized counseling, suggesting that more frequent follow-ups could enhance long-term treatment adherence and overall health outcomes. Discover more about this impactful study: [Pharmacist-led discharge counseling and heart failure patient outcomes](https://lnkd.in/dgEwGQAw)