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Richard Stefanacci, DO, Defines the Pharmacist's Role in New Care Delivery Models
Richard Stefanacci, DO, chief medical officer, The Access Group, said that it is necessary for retail pharmacists to break out of their silo. Dr Stefanacci noted that retail pharmacists are being utilized within practices and stepping out of their normal roles.
Richard Stefanacci, DO, chief medical officer, The Access Group, said that it is necessary for retail pharmacists to break out of their silo. Dr Stefanacci noted that retail pharmacists are being utilized within practices and stepping out of their normal roles. “What we are seeing is, the retail walls are breaking down and coming into our offices,” said Dr Stefanacci. "I think the whole-team approach requires having a pharmacist. Again, to make sure that I as a prescriber am writing the right medication, and that my patients understand how to take it so they can play a critical role in adherence.” As part of a healthcare team, pharmacists will play a key role in new care models such as Accountable Care Organizations and patient-centered medical homes.
Advancing the Art of Medicine Through Partnership
April 29th 2025Oncology leaders from Alliance Cancer Specialists, American Oncology Network, CHI St. Vincent, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and New York Cancer & Blood Specialists discussed the power of collaboration in cancer care, highlighting partnerships that enhance patient outcomes and resource sharing in community practices.
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New Research Challenges Assumptions About Hospital-Physician Integration, Medicare Patient Mix
April 22nd 2025On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Brady Post, PhD, lead author of a study published in the April 2025 issue of The American Journal of Managed Care®, challenges the claim that hospital-employed physicians serve a more complex patient mix.
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Study Highlights Unmet Needs in Measuring Patient Experiences in Alopecia Areata
April 29th 2025Significant unmet needs were found among high-quality validation studies on the internal structure of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) specific to alopecia areata (AA), a common hair loss condition with substantial quality of life impacts.
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Personalized Care Key as Tirzepatide Use Expands Rapidly
April 15th 2025Using commercial insurance claims data and the US launch of tirzepatide as their dividing point, John Ostrominski, MD, Harvard Medical School, and his team studied trends in the use of both glucose-lowering and weight-lowering medications, comparing outcomes between adults with and without type 2 diabetes.
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