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Ed Cohen Describes the Major Medication-Related Quality Gaps in Transitions of Care Programs
Ed Cohen, PharmD, FAPhA, senior manager, product development, corporate innovations at Walgreens, explains that patient education and medication adherence are 2 major gaps in transitions of care.
Ed Cohen, PharmD, FAPhA, senior manager, product development, corporate innovations at Walgreens, explains that patient education and medication adherence are 2 major gaps in transitions of care. He says that the focus of Walgreens is to ensure that patients have an understanding of the medications they are prescribed, and how to take them. The company also confirms that patients are refilling their medications as prescribed.
Dr Ed Cohen adds that community and retail pharmacies traditionally provide bedside delivery of medications in transitions of care programs. Without this practice, some hospital goals cannot be met.
“Even our company, when we 1st entered into a collaboration with a health system to partner in transitions of care, our role was centered around bedside delivery of medication,” he says. “That particular hospital found that they were not able to attain their goals [of] reducing preventable readmissions around medication without the component of bedside delivery.”
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July 9th 2025During the “Tech Innovations in Community Oncology” meeting from Tennessee Oncology, oncologists explore artificial intelligence (AI) tools like DeepScribe to enhance documentation efficiency, reduce burnout, and improve patient engagement in clinical settings.
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Managed Care Reflections: A Q&A With David J. Shulkin, MD
July 7th 2025To mark the 30th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC), each issue in 2025 includes a special feature: reflections from a thought leader on what has changed—and what has not—over the past 3 decades and what’s next for managed care. The July issue features a conversation with David J. Shulkin, MD, a physician and former secretary of the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
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