How Care Transitions Complicate Medication Management — and How to Fix Them
Every clinical encounter must be viewed as a medication reconciliation opportunity and primary care physicians are the coordinators-in-chief.
Every clinical encounter must be viewed as a medication reconciliation opportunity and primary care physicians are the coordinators-in-chief.
By moving beyond adherence and drug interactions to a holistic, outcomes-driven approach, health systems and providers can redefine how medication is used — not as a rigid protocol but as a dynamic, patient-centered tool for achieving better health.
We cannot change the fact that some patients must take multiple drugs, but we can certainly change how we manage it with careful coordination and communication among healthcare providers, and personalized medicine practices such as pharmacogenomics.
New research was published this week analyzing how AI can be used to better manage medications for senior patients who use multiple medications simultaneously. It analyzed FeelBetter’s AI platform, which pinpoints patients at high risk of deterioration and preventable hospitalization due to suboptimal medication management.
The dangers of polypharmacy and its increasingly wide reach across the American population make it imperative that we enhance the accuracy and efficiency of medication reconciliation processes.
Atlantic Health System announced that it is adopting FeelBetter’s technology for polypharmacy patient management. The health system is now using the startup’s personalized medication management platform across its three ACOs.
In a landscape where complexity has long been the norm, the power of one lies not just in unification, but in intelligence and automation.