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Readmission

Critical Components of a Robust Readmission...

When patients return to the hospital within 30 days for the same condition, it should raise some ...

Factors Contributing to Hospital Readmission Rates

Readmission

Factors Contributing to Hospital Readmission Rates

When a patient is discharged from the hospital, it is under the assumption their condition has ...

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Readmission

How Readmission Rates Affect a Hospital's Bottom...

The healthcare industry spends billions of dollars annually due to hospital readmissions. In fact, ...

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Readmission

5 Steps to Decrease the Readmission Rate of CHF...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 6.2 million people in the ...

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Readmission

Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: What to...

Did you know that at least 25% of hospital readmissions are believed to occur because of patient ...

MTM & Star Ratings: Preparing Your Health Plan for Potential Changes

MTM

MTM & Star Ratings: Preparing Your Health Plan...

In early April 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 2024 ...

Avoiding Medicare Penalties: Why Better Transitions of Care Are Key

Readmission

Avoiding Medicare Penalties: Why Better...

Hospital leaders have a clinical — and fiduciary — duty to better manage care transitions to avoid ...

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Clinical Pharmacist

How Clinical Pharmacists Are Filling Gaps in...

The following column is written by Robert Mirsky, MD, MMM, FAAFP, president at Resilient ...

High-Quality, Value-Based Care

Value Based Care

Demonstrating the Value of Pharmacists Through...

The following column is written by Micah Cost, the Chief Executive Officer of the Pharmacy Quality ...

4 Reasons Why a Hospital Readmission Rate Matters

Readmission

4 Reasons Why a Hospital Readmission Rate Matters

Research shows many hospital readmissions can be avoided. Yet, in 2022, about 75% of hospitals ...

Cureatr acquired SinfoniaRX

Press Release

Medication Management Services Leader Cureatr...

NEW YORK, March 3, 2023 — Cureatr, a national, value-based medication management services company ...

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Readmission

Readmission Definition: What to Know About This...

Improve Medication Management and Health Outcomes With Clinical Pharmacist Support Readmissions are ...

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Medication Management

Setting Your Patients Up for a Healthier Year

Improve Medication Management and Health Outcomes With Clinical Pharmacist Support It's the ...

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Press Release

Cureatr Named Top WorkPlace for Flexibility and...

On January 11, 2023, Cureatr was recognized in the first-ever Muse VIBE Awards 2022 as Best Company ...

Must-Read Medication Management Articles From November 2022

Medication Management

Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

Here are some of the most significant news reports published in November to keep you better ...

Press Release

Cureatr Names Tracy E. Tracy Chief Compliance...

  NEW YORK, NY., Dec 14, 2022 -- The entire Cureatr team is thrilled to welcome Tracy E. Tracy, JD, ...

Cureatr and Unite Us Collaborate to Launch Program to Advance Health Equity for Patients

Press Release

Cureatr and Unite Us Collaborate to Launch...

  Cureatr, Inc., a new kind of clinical provider, using progressive healthcare data, technology, ...

Must-Read Medication Management Articles from October 2022

Medication Reconciliation

Must-Read Medication Management Articles from...

  To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

5 Things to Know About CMS Medication Reconciliation Requirements

Care Management

5 Things to Know About CMS Medication...

  How do you know the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) takes medication ...

Achieving HITRUST Certification: Cureatr's Commitment to Data Security

Healthcare Technology

Achieving HITRUST Certification: Cureatr's...

  Q&A with Cureatr Chief Financial Officer Rob Dilling Cureatr recently announced it achieved ...

Must-Read Medication Management Articles from September 2022

Medication Management

Must-Read Medication Management Articles from...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Q&A with Gregory Downing

Healthcare Technology

2022 Hospital Quality Star Ratings: Role of...

  Q&A With Gregory Downing, DO, Ph.D., Chief Clinical Officer of Cureatr In late July, the ...

Cureatr Achieves HITRUST Certification

Press Release

Cureatr Achieves HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year...

HITRUST Risk-based, 2-year Certification validates Cureatr is committed to meeting key regulations ...

Must-Read Medication Management Articles From August 2022

Medication Management

Must-Read Medication Management Articles from...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Aerste Howells

Press Release

Cureatr Names Aerste Howells Chief Revenue Officer

  NEW YORK, NY., Sep 6, 2022 -- Today, Cureatr announced that Aerste Howells has been named Chief ...

Medicare Advantage Star Ratings: What to Know About TRC and MRP

Medication Reconciliation

Medicare Advantage Star Ratings: What to Know...

A Kaiser Family Foundation report notes that for 2022, the average Medicare beneficiary has access ...

Must-Read Medication Management Articles from July 2022

Medication Management

Must-Read Medication Management Articles from...

Here are some of the most important news reports published in July to inform you about the most ...

HEDIS® Measures: Medication Reconciliation in Transitions of Care

Medication Reconciliation

HEDIS® Measures: Medication Reconciliation in...

You may be wondering, how vital is medication reconciliation to facilitating safe patient ...

Importance of Medication Adherence Measures in Medicare Star Ratings

Medication Adherence

Importance of Medication Adherence Measures in...

What do medication adherence and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) star ratings ...

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Medication Management

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Current Challenges and Opportunities Around Medication Management

Cureatr News

Current Challenges and Opportunities Around...

Perspectives From Cureatr's Richard Resnick Cureatr's CEO Richard Resnick recently appeared on the ...

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Care Coordination

HEDIS® 2022: Key Facts About Medication...

One of the topics most frequently discussed at Cureatr is medication reconciliation post-discharge, ...

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Cureatr News

Cureatr's CEO Richard Resnick Appears on Becker's...

Resnick identifies the challenges associated with patient discharges, transitions of care, and ...

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Medication Management

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

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Care Management

Transitions of Care Pharmacist: Understanding...

Transitions of care (TOC) have emerged in recent years as an area of high vulnerability for ...

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Care Coordination

HEDIS® 2022: What to Know About Transitions of...

In its 2018 update to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®), the National ...

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Medication Management

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Closing Transitions of Care Gaps

Care Management

Closing Transitions of Care Gaps: The Critical...

Transitions of care have long been an area of concern in addressing the continuity and quality of ...

Bridging Care Gaps With Clinical Pharmacists

Company Culture

Bridging Care Gaps With Clinical Pharmacists: Q&A...

Vidhi Patel, PharmD, BCPS, is a Clinical Pharmacist with Cureatr. In this position, she provides ...

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Company Culture

How Clinical Pharmacists Improve Patient Care:...

  Aaron Adams, PharmD, MBA, is a Clinical Pharmacist with Cureatr. In this position, he provides ...

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Medication Management

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Cureatr Launches PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program

Cureatr News

Cureatr Launches PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy...

  The Cureatr Clinic PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Program will start in July with two ...

What to know about Cureatr’s Residency Program

Press Release

What to Know About Cureatr’s Residency Program

  Cureatr recently announced the launch of the Cureatr Clinic PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy ...

Q and A With Meghan Smart

Company Culture

Leveraging the Skills of Clinical Pharmacists:...

  Meghan Smart, PharmD, BCMTMS, INHC, RYT, is a Clinical Pharmacist with Cureatr. In this position, ...

must read medication management articles

Medication Management

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Importance of Medication Management for Congestive Heart Failure

Medication Management

Importance of Medication Management for...

  It's American Heart Month, a time when there is increased attention paid to cardiovascular health ...

Cureatr to attend rise national

Cureatr News

Cureatr to Attend RISE National 2022

  Cureatr will be attending RISE National 2022 from March 7–9 in Nashville. Here’s why! Cureatr ...

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Medication Management

HEDIS® Measures: Medication Management's Role in...

In its 2022 update to the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®), the National ...

How Pharmacists Improve Medication Management

Care Management

How Pharmacists Improve Medication Management at...

Transitions of care — defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as "The ...

Medication Management Articles

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Deprescribing of Benzodiazepines

Medication Management

HEDIS® 2022: Understanding Deprescribing of...

When the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) issued its 2022 update to the Healthcare ...

6 Common Causes of Medication Errors

Medication Management

6 Common Causes of Medication Errors

Mistakes in the medications patients take are in many ways a hidden patient safety problem. Data ...

Q&A with Cureatr CEO Richard Resnick

Company Culture

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Q&A with Cureatr...

Richard Resnick is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Cureatr, a medication management ...

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

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Company Culture

2021 Review Q&A: Cureatr Chief Clinical Officer...

Gregory Downing, DO, PhD, is the Chief Clinical Officer of Cureatr, a medication management ...

Q&A With Zarah Mayewski

Company Culture

Engaging and Leveraging Clinical Pharmacists: Q&A...

Zarah Mayewski, PharmD, BCPPS, is the Director of Cureatr Clinic. In this position, she leads ...

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Medication Management

What Happened With Medications: 10 of the Biggest...

As we approach the end of 2021, it's a good time to look back on the year and identify some of the ...

Cureatr Launches Updated Website to Reflect Company and Market Trends

Press Release

Cureatr Launches Updated Website to Reflect...

Cureatr launches updated website to deliver a more valuable user experience, address key market ...

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From November 2021

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Improving Chronic Care Management

Medication Management

Improving Chronic Care Management: Essential Role...

The chronic disease crisis in the United States was already on a rapid rise before 2020. Then ...

How Clinical Pharmacists Make a Difference: Q&A With Tatiana Wright

Company Culture

How Clinical Pharmacists Make a Difference: Q&A...

Tatiana Wright, PharmD, is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist with Cureatr. In this position, she ...

Medication Management

What Experts Are Saying: The Challenges of...

We've had a lot to say about medication adherence over the years. So much, in fact, that we created ...

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From October 2021

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Understanding the Value of Clinical Pharmacists: Q&A With Tram Thai

Company Culture

Understanding the Value of Clinical Pharmacists:...

Tram Thai, PharmD, BCACP, AE-C, is a clinical pharmacist with Cureatr. In this position, she is ...

Medication Management

How Social Determinants of Health Affect...

The Healthy People initiative — a national effort that sets goals and objectives to improve the ...

Medication Management

5 Financial Benefits of Improving Your Medication...

The top reason a healthcare organization should work to improve its medication management program ...

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

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Medication Reconciliation

What’s Missing From Your Medication...

In 1975, the work of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) officially began. Six years ...

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Medication Reconciliation

Why Medication Reconciliation Needs to be More...

In 2002 The Joint Commission established the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) program. The ...

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Medication Management

How the Medication Therapy Management...

A while back, we compared medication therapy management (MTM) and comprehensive medication ...

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From August 2021

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Enhanced Medication Services

Medication Management

Enhanced Medication Services: Go Beyond...

We have a bone to pick with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On this webpage, ...

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Medication Reconciliation

4 Ways to Improve Medication Reconciliation in...

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the brisk pace of the emergency department (ED) already made it a ...

Understanding Medication Therapy Management and Its Flaws

Medication Management

What Is MTM: Understanding Medication Therapy...

If you've come to this blog to get an answer to the question, "What is medication therapy ...

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From July 2021

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

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Medication Reconciliation

Best Practices to Improve Your Medication...

More than 15 years after The Joint Commission established medication reconciliation as a National ...

FAQs About Medication Reconciliation Post-Discharge

Medication Reconciliation

FAQs About Medication Reconciliation...

At Cureatr, one of our areas of focus is medication reconciliation post-discharge (MRP). It's a ...

Medication Reconciliation: CMS Quality Measures Highlight Importance

Medication Reconciliation

Medication Reconciliation: CMS Quality Measures...

Medication reconciliation has been a subject of significant importance for many years, considering ...

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Medication Reconciliation

6 Reasons to Get Serious About Medication...

"Bring your meds." It's a ubiquitous instruction by admissions and medical office staff when ...

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From June 2021

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

10 Medication Reconciliation Forms Tools and Other Resources

Medication Reconciliation

10 Medication Reconciliation Forms, Tools, and...

Looking to improve your organization's medication reconciliation process? You've come to the right ...

Cureatr News

Building Better Medication Management Products:...

Kim Barron Buckner is an experienced product manager who was recently named a Product Manager at ...

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Medication Reconciliation

Medication Reconciliation According to the Joint...

In 2005, The Joint Commission added medication reconciliation as a National Patient Safety Goal ...

3 Real-Life Medication Reconciliation Example Success Stories

Medication Reconciliation

3 Real-Life Medication Reconciliation Example...

In recent blogs, we've highlighted the importance of effective medication reconciliation, noting ...

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Employee Spotlight: Tram Thai, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Company Culture

Employee Spotlight: Tram Thai, Clinical Pharmacy...

Learn more about Tram Thai, Cureatr's Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, who is responsible for ...

What is Medication Reconciliation

Medication Reconciliation

What is Medication Reconciliation? Why Isn’t It...

On the surface, the concept of medication reconciliation seems quite simple. It can be defined as ...

5 Medication Reconciliation Steps to Complete at Every Care Transition

Medication Reconciliation

5 Medication Reconciliation Steps to Complete at...

Just how important is medication reconciliation? A regularly referenced survey shows that ...

Q&A With Valerie Iwinski

Cureatr News

Growing a Telepharmacy Service: Q&A With Valerie...

Valerie Iwinski is a business and healthcare industry veteran who was recently named Cureatr's ...

Deprescribing Movement: Background, Goals, and Obstacles to Success

Polypharmacy

Deprescribing Movement: Background, Goals, and...

The results of a recent study published in JAMA have further shined the spotlight on the risks ...

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From April 2021

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Cureatr News

Developing a Patient-Centered Engineering...

Zarina Shameer is a veteran software engineer who was recently named Cureatr's vice president of ...

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Polypharmacy

Polypharmacy Guidelines and Strategies: What Does...

Over the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in the number of patients taking ...

Cureatr News

Outlining a Vision for Cureatr's Products: Q&A...

Morgan Beschle is a digital health product leader who was recently named Cureatr's vice president ...

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From March 2021

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Polypharmacy in the Elderly: Causes and Dangers

Polypharmacy

Polypharmacy in the Elderly: Causes and Dangers

People of any age can be a "polypharmacy patient," which is typically defined as one who takes five ...

Risk Factors for Polypharmacy in the COVID-19 Era

Polypharmacy

Risk Factors for Polypharmacy in the COVID-19 Era

We've been discussing polypharmacy at length in recent blogs, touching on everything from ...

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From February 2021

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

February may be a shorter month, but there was no lack of news concerning medication management, ...

Press Release

Growing Medication Management Optimization...

Cureatr, Inc. expands executive leadership team to address rapid expansion of its tech-enabled ...

Defining Polypharmacy and Understanding Its Risks and Benefits

Polypharmacy

Defining Polypharmacy and Understanding Its Risks...

While polypharmacy has received increased attention in recent years, the term has been in use for ...

8 Deprescribing Guidelines to Help Manage Polypharmacy

Polypharmacy

8 Deprescribing Guidelines to Help Manage...

In a recent blog, we looked at various definitions for polypharmacy and then summarized the risks ...

Polypharmacy in Older Adults: Statistics That Help Tell the Story

Polypharmacy

Polypharmacy in Older Adults: Statistics That...

Polypharmacy has been described as a "global risk factor for elderly people" and for good reason: ...

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Management Articles From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Press Release

Cureatr, Inc. Donates $10,000 to St. John’s...

Cureatr funds student enrichment program aimed at broadening awareness of the pharmacy and health ...

Medication Adherence

The Biggest Medication Management Developments...

A few weeks have passed since the end of 2020, and what a year it was. What occurred last year will ...

Cureatr News

2021 Outlook: Q&A with Cureatr CEO Richard Resnick

Richard Resnick is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Cureatr, a medication ...

Must Read Medication Articles and Reports

Cureatr News

10 Must-Read Medication Articles and Reports...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Cureatr News

2020 Year in Review: Q&A with Cureatr CEO Richard...

Richard Resnick is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Cureatr, a comprehensive medication ...

Medication Adherence

Medication Management 2020 Year in Review: 9 Key...

As we approach the end of 2020, let's look back at nine of the most significant facts and figures ...

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Polypharmacy

8 Tools to Decrease Inappropriate Polypharmacy

For years, clinicians and medication experts have sounded the alarm on polypharmacy, which is ...

Cureatr News

Current Role of Healthcare Information...

Ben Rooks is a healthcare information technology (IT) expert recently named to Cureatr's Strategic ...

Telepharmacy

6 Reasons to Consider Joining a Telepharmacy

Telepharmacy is a rapidly emerging field that has the potential to transform and improve the ...

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Medication Adherence

10 Must-Read Medication Articles and Reports From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Telepharmacy

Implementing a Telepharmacy System: 6 Key Steps...

Thinking about launching a telepharmacy program but are unsure what you need to do? In this blog, ...

Telepharmacy

Telepharmacy Benefits and Drawbacks: Things to...

As the title indicates, we'll be discussing telepharmacy benefits and drawbacks in this blog. While ...

10 Must Read Medication Articles and Reports

Medication Adherence

10 Must-Read Medication Articles and Reports From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Cureatr News

Pharmacy and Medication Management Trends and...

James Jorgenson, RPh, MS, FASHP, is a pharmacy expert recently named to Cureatr's Strategic ...

Cureatr News

Trends in Healthcare Innovation, Policy, and...

Gregory Downing, DO, PharmD, PhD, is a healthcare innovation and public policy expert recently ...

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Telepharmacy

How Telepharmacy Software is Improving the...

Telepharmacy will celebrate its 20th birthday next year, and yet the concept was still considered a ...

10 Must Read Medication Articles and Reports

Medication Adherence

10 Must-Read Medication Articles and Reports From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Cureatr News

Improving Care Coordination and Medication...

Terry McInnis, MD, MPH, CPE, is one of the leading healthcare experts recently named to Cureatr's ...

Telepharmacy

How to Define Telepharmacy to Patients

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed telehealth seemingly overnight. A large majority of U.S. ...

Telepharmacy

Remote Pharmacy: Understanding the Value of...

Telepharmacy, sometimes referred to as "remote pharmacy," is receiving increased attention these ...

Must Read Medication Articles and Reports

Medication Adherence

10 Must-Read Medication Articles and Reports From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Telepharmacy

4 of the Top Benefits of Telepharmacy

In 2018, an article in Perspectives in Health Information Management, the research journal of the ...

Medication Adherence

10 Must-Read Medication Articles and Reports From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Telepharmacy

Telepharmacy Update: Past, Present, Future

Whether you've heard nothing, a little, or even quite a bit about telepharmacy, I'm going to make a ...

Telehealth

What is Telepharmacy and Why Its Time is Now

In the coming months and years, we expect you will be hearing a lot more about telepharmacy. While ...

Medication Adherence

10 Must-Read Medication Articles and Reports From...

To keep you better informed about the biggest trends and developments affecting medication ...

Telepharmacy

4 Ways Pharmacists as Providers Would Add Value...

In a recent blog, we discussed a few of the most significant ways pharmacists could further aid in ...

Telehealth

Telemedicine and Telehealth: How They Differ and...

About a year ago, we published a blog discussing the difference between telemedicine and ...

Clinical Pharmacist

4 Ways Pharmacists as Providers Would Add Value...

During a crisis like such as the one we are experiencing with the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare ...

May 2020 Medication News Articles

Medication Adherence

10 Must-Read Medication Articles and Reports From...

To help keep you informed about the biggest trends and developments concerning medication ...

Telepharmacy Laws

Telepharmacy

COVID-19 Update: Impact of New Telehealth Laws...

Over the past several weeks, as the federal government and state governments have ramped up their ...

Medication Adherence

How has COVID-19 Impacted Medication Management?...

To help keep you informed about the biggest trends, developments, and announcements concerning ...

Medication Adherence

Best Practices for Medication Adherence During...

As we have highlighted, patients do not take their medicine as prescribed about 50% of the time and ...

Telehealth

6 Things to Know About Telepharmacy During...

Telehealth and telemedicine are in the spotlight as the country works to "flatten the curve" on the ...

Telehealth

The Impact of Telemedicine in Healthcare During...

One of the few positives to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic is the greater understanding and ...

Medication Compliance

7 Methods to Improve Medication Compliance...

"It is estimated that three out of four Americans do not take their medication as directed." This ...

Medication Compliance

Medication Compliance vs Medication Adherence:...

Medication compliance has been a matter of great interest and attention for many years. But more ...

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Medication Compliance

6 Ways to Increase Medication Compliance

"Medical Noncompliance: The Most Ignored National Epidemic." That's the title of an article in The ...

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Medication Compliance

What Are the Main Reasons for Noncompliance of...

Everyone knows the phrase, “Take two pills and call me in the morning.” However, for many patients, ...

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Medication Compliance

Use Patient Education Handouts to Improve...

The fast-paced society in which we live makes it difficult to remember even the simplest details of ...

How to Increase Medication Compliance in the Elderly

Medication Compliance

How to Increase Medication Compliance in the...

Medication management is difficult for many patients, but the challenge is often elevated for ...

Cureatr Employee Spotlight: Matthew Benedon

Company Culture

Cureatr Employee Spotlight: Matthew Benedon,...

For this month’s Employee Spotlight, we spoke with Matthew Benedon. Originally from South Jersey, ...

Medication Compliance Shortfalls

Medication Compliance

Improving Pharmacy Medication Compliance:...

When providers undertake efforts aimed at improving medication compliance, they not only help ...

Patient Compliance with Medication

Medication Compliance

10 Strategies to Improve Patient Compliance with...

Approximately 50% of patients do not take medications as prescribed. We’re talking about a whole ...

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Medication Compliance

5 Medication Compliance Tips for Practitioners...

We've been focusing a lot lately on medication compliance concerning patients. Blogs have discussed ...

Medication Compliance

What is Medication Compliance: 5 Things Providers...

Poor medication compliance (i.e., noncompliance) can have devastating effects on a patient, ...

2019-Medication Management-Year in Review

Medication Management

Medication Management: 2019 Year in Review

As we approach the end of the year, let’s examine some of the most significant news and ...

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Medication Adherence

Key Differences Between Treatment Adherence vs...

Treatment adherence. Treatment compliance. On the surface, these terms appear synonymous. After ...

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Medication Adherence

Defining Medication Adherence: 5 Ways Providers...

The significance of medication adherence for patients is summarized perfectly by NEJM Catalyst: ...

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Telehealth

The Importance of Specialty Telehealth Services

Discussions around telehealth often focus on its applications for primary and acute care providers. ...

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Medication Adherence

What is Medication Adherence?

What do suboptimal outcomes, higher rates of hospital admissions, increased morbidity and ...

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Medication Management

Medication Events Pose Safety Risk to Ambulatory...

ECRI Institute has identified medication-related events as one of the most frequent safety risks ...

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Telehealth

A Disruption in the Making: Impact of Mobile...

Nearly 81% of Americans use a smartphone in the United States, and that number is projected to grow ...

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Beers List Alerting

Meds 360° now alerts for the American Geriatrics Society Beers Criteria® of potentially harmful ...

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Company Culture

Cureatr Employee Spotlight: Shayam Parasram,...

For this month's Employee Spotlight, we spoke with Shayam Parasram. Shayam is from Brentwood, New ...

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Telehealth

The Benefits of Telemedicine That Support Quality...

Are you looking to improve your quality of care? Well, look no further than telemedicine. As ...

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Healthcare Technology

ECRI Health Technology Hazards for 2020 Report:...

ECRI Institute has issued its annual list of the top 10 health technology hazards. While addressing ...

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Telehealth

The Benefits of Telemedicine in Rural Areas

  Today’s health systems have set their sights on value-based care, a large component of which is ...

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Telehealth

The Impact of Telemedicine in Healthcare

The adoption of telemedicine in healthcare is surging. We're not surprised considering the ...

Cureatr-Favorite Healthcare Mobile Apps-2019

Healthcare Technology

Our Favorite Healthcare Mobile Apps of 2019

Last year, we chose our favorite healthcare apps of 2018, highlighting four platforms in total. ...

Cureatr-9 Disadvantages of Smartphones in Healthcare

Telehealth

9 Disadvantages of Smartphones in Healthcare

Smartphones have been widely heralded as game-changers for healthcare. As we've previously ...

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Medication Management

When a Primary Care Physician Misses Medication...

This is the third in a series of blog posts that describe common challenges associated with ...

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Telehealth

How Else Could Telehealth Be Used in Specialties?

Radiology, psychiatry, and cardiology are three specialties leading the use of telehealth with ...

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Telehealth

Can Mobile Health Technologies Transform...

In 2018, consumers worldwide downloaded more than 400 million medical apps, according to mobile ...

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Telehealth

What Are the Benefits of Mobile Health Technology?

According to GSMA real-time intelligence data, over 5.13 billion people had mobile devices ...

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Telehealth

The Two Forms of Telemedicine: Synchronous vs....

When researching your options for telemedicine and telehealth solutions, you will likely hear about ...

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Telehealth

4 Telehealth Challenges Impeding Adoption

Telehealth is growing rapidly, with one recent survey finding that inpatient adoption of such ...

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Telehealth

How Mobile Technology is Changing Healthcare

Over the last three to five years, mobile technology in healthcare - often referred to as mHealth - ...

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Press Release

Cureatr Listed in Gartner Hype Cycle for Digital...

Cureatr, a Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) technology and services company, announced ...

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Telehealth

What is mHealth and How Can It Improve Patient...

Scientist and professor Robert Istepanian is credited with having coined and defined the concept of ...

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Telehealth

8 Advantages and Benefits of Telehealth

Are you thinking about adding telehealth technology to your organization and offering telehealth ...

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Medication Management

Handling Missed Therapeutic Duplication at...

This is the second blog in a series of patient scenarios that describe common challenges associated ...

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Medication Management

Serious Medication Errors and Hospital Admissions

Last month, we began a series of blog posts that cover patient scenarios that describe common ...

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Healthcare Technology

What's the Difference Between Telemedicine and...

One often hears the terms "telemedicine" and "telehealth" used interchangeably. While they are ...

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Medication Management

The Difficulty of Morphine Milligram Equivalent...

Every day, at least 130 people are projected to die from opioid-related drug overdoses, reports the ...

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Healthcare Technology

What is Telemedicine and How Does it Work in...

  My recent blog about telehealth described it as the overarching term for healthcare services ...

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Healthcare Technology

What are the Pros and Cons of mHealth?

mHealth, or mobile healthcare, is not only here to stay, but it's likely to play an increasingly ...

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Healthcare Technology

What is Telehealth and Why is It Taking Off Now?

Telehealth is a broad term used to describe the delivery of healthcare services using ...

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Medication Management

Why EMRs Don't Cut It and a Better Solution

When we set out to develop the Meds 360° medication management platform, we wanted to eliminate the ...

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Press Release

Cureatr Named a 2019 Gartner Cool Vendor

Vendors Included in the Cool Vendor Report are Interesting, New and Innovative New York, NY – July ...

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Medication Management

How Chronic Disease Management Saves Money and...

How important is chronic disease management? Here are some statistics and facts about chronic ...

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Medication Management

How CMM Helps Meet Medication Therapy Management...

In 2003, passage of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) ...

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Medication Management

How Telepharmacy Enables Comprehensive Medication...

What if you could deliver comprehensive medication management services in your healthcare ...

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Medication Management

Understanding How CMM Can Improve Chronic Pain...

In a recent article, we discussed some benefits of comprehensive medication management (CMM). While ...

Medication Management

3 Reasons Your CMM Program Needs a Collaborative...

Organizations striving to implement comprehensive medication management (CMM) programs are ...

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Medication Management

Why Comprehensive Medication Management Should...

The U.S. health system’s current standard of care for optimizing medication therapy is not working. ...

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Medication Management

The Future of Patient Medication Management

Looking to improve patient medication management? Few initiatives have the potential deliver the ...

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Medication Management

Comprehensive Medication Management in Pharmacy...

A recent study calculated the cost of prescription drug related morbidity and mortality to be ...

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Medication Management

Physician Burnout from Value-Based Care: Why CMM...

There was recently some good news about physician burnout. As an American Medical Association ...

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Medication Management

7 Best Practices for Comprehensive Medication...

As we discussed in a previous blog, there are many comprehensive medication management ...

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Medication Management

8 Benefits of Comprehensive Medication Management

Ensuring proper medication therapy isn't easy. As an American College of Clinical Pharmacy notes, ...

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Medication Management

6 Barriers to Comprehensive Medication Management

Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) has become a more widely used way to improve outcomes and ...

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Medication Management

How Nursing Interventions Fill a Vital Need for...

According to Gallup's latest annual poll on how the general American public views various ...

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Medication Management

How Physicians Can Prevent or Better Manage...

Polypharmacy is a term to describe patients who are taking multiple prescription medications, over ...

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Medication Management

What is Polypharmacy? 7 Things to Know

In simple terms, “polypharmacy” refers to the use of multiple (“poly”) medications (“pharmacy”). A ...

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Medication Management

5 Ways a Drug Interactions App Can Improve...

There's no lack of medical apps for clinicians to choose from these days. A 2018 analysis of the ...

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Medication Management

The Importance of Drug Interactions in Medication...

Drug interactions represent a significant threat to the wellbeing of patients. As part of their ...

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Medication Management

Medication Therapy Management & Comprehensive...

Medication therapy is a critical therapeutic component of treating disease and keeping people ...

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Medication Adherence

6 Ways Polypharmacy Creates Medication Adherence...

Polypharmacy is the simultaneous use of multiple medications by patients to treat one or more ...

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Medication Management

Meeting Your Medication Management Needs with...

Q&A with Michael Ross MD, MHA Following a recent webinar on "Optimizing Medication Management ...

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Medication Management

What's the Importance of Medication Education for...

It's easy for patients to make significant mistakes with their medications. We know this because ...

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Medication Management

The Importance of Medication Administration: 5...

Ensuring that medications are given safely and accurately is a cornerstone of safe medical care. ...

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Medication Management

7 Challenges of Medication Management in Hospitals

Medication management in hospitals is vitally important to the delivery of safe care. As the RARE ...

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Medication Management

8 Tips for the Medication Management Process

Medication management is the process of overseeing the medications prescribed for a patient to ...

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Medication Management

6 Medication Error Stories That Made Headlines

Medication errors can occur at any time between when a clinician prescribes a medication and a ...

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Medication Management

How These 8 Medication Management Activities Can...

Medication management is a patient-focused approach to helping patients take their medicines ...

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Medication Management

There's Much Work to Be Done: 8 Medical Errors...

Preventing medical errors must be a high priority for any healthcare provider. They are avoidable, ...

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Medication Management

How Can Healthcare Address the Problem of Opioid...

Opioids claimed over 64,000 lives in 2017 and data show an almost fourfold increase in overdose ...

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Medication Management

6 Ways Clinicians Can Improve Medication...

As people age, their risk of medication-related problems increases. As a Consumer Reports article ...

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Medication Management

5 Qualities of Medication Management Systems for...

Effective medication management is vital to achieving optimal outcomes. When providers can help ...

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Healthcare Technology

10 Innovations in Healthcare Technology

We're only a few weeks into 2019, and yet one of the most significant conferences for healthcare ...

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Healthcare Technology

4 Ways Technology Developed in Hospitals Supports...

Advances in healthcare technology are allowing hospitals to deliver safer, more effective and ...

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Healthcare Technology

New Technology in Healthcare: What Providers...

The multitude of ways that artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotic surgery, ...

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Healthcare Technology

3 Benefits of Technology in Healthcare

The U.S. healthcare industry is notoriously slow when it comes to adopting change and technology is ...

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Healthcare Technology

5 Healthcare Technology Advances Making the News

Healthcare technology is advancing so quickly that it can be difficult to keep up. Unfortunately, ...

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Healthcare Technology

The Relationship Between Technology and Healthcare

When I started practicing medicine, the office staff used a paper-based ledger system to manage ...

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Healthcare Technology

3 Emerging Technologies in Healthcare to Know

2018 was a year where technology further cemented its critical role in healthcare. There are few, ...

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Healthcare Technology

5 Predictions on the Future of Healthcare...

How has technology affected healthcare? A column published on the Healthcare Information and ...

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Healthcare Technology

3 Different Ways Technology is Used in Healthcare

Every year, new technology is introduced that has the potential to transform the delivery of care ...

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Healthcare Technology

2019 Healthcare Technology Trends to Watch

Proliferation of mobile devices and tablets, a drive toward managing and sharing risk, and a need ...

Patient Medication Management

Medication Management

Why Patient Medication Management is Necessary

Clinicians can do a lot to keep their patients healthy. They can diagnose ailments and provide ...

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Medication Management

The Role of Medication Adherence in Medication...

To determine whether an organization's efforts to assist patients with medication management were ...

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Healthcare Technology

What is the Impact of Technology in Healthcare?

For years, software engineers designed healthcare technologies for use only on terminal screens and ...

Why is Technology Important in Healthcare

Healthcare Technology

Why is Technology Important in Healthcare?

When I began practicing medicine, the medical record was a paper chart. The chart typically ...

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Medication Management

3 Medication Management Goals to Set for Your...

All the terrific treatment your organization provides to a patient may be for naught if that ...

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Medication Management

4 Medication Management Tools to Improve Patient...

Death. Disability. Hospitalization. These are just some of the more harmful results of medication ...

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Medication Management

How to Develop a Medication Management Care Plan

It’s well known and documented that medication adherence can mean the difference between a ...

Safe Medication Management

Medication Management

4 Guidelines for Safe Medication Management

With hundreds of millions of drugs ordered or provided every year in hospitals, the cost associated ...

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Medication Management

4 Medication Management Tips for Providers

Health care providers' primary responsibility is to do all within their power to help treat and ...

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Medication Management

5 Medication Management Services

Spend some time researching medication adherence and you will inevitably come across this famous ...

Importance of Medication Safety

Medication Management

Importance of Medication Safety: How to Protect...

How does your hospital or clinic keep patients safe from medication harm? In chaotic emergency ...

Medication Adherence vs. Compliance

Medication Adherence

Medication Adherence vs Compliance: 4 Ways They...

While often used interchangeably, medication adherence and medication compliance can be defined ...

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Medication Management

What is Medication Management? Best Practices for...

Many chronic and acute conditions can be successfully treated with medications. As long as patients ...

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Medication Adherence

The Importance of Medication Adherence in...

The roughly 50% of patients who do not take their medications as prescribed are putting their ...

Medication Adherence Apps

Medication Adherence

Top Medication Adherence Apps

There are literally thousands of apps designed to help patients remember to take their medicine. A ...

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Medication Adherence

5 Practical Ways for Improving Medication...

A simple pill. When taken consistently and on schedule, it can help patients control and even ...

Elderly Medication Adherence

Medication Adherence

4 Elderly Medication Adherence Issues

Medication adherence is vital to successful treatment, with the World Health Organization ...

Medication Adherence Research

Medication Adherence

What Does Medication Adherence Research Tell Us...

Medication adherence has been the subject of extensive research, and justifiably so. Determining ...

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Press Release

Cureatr Earns Surescripts Certifications for...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 15, 2018--Cureatr Inc., the country’s leading mobile real-time ...

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Medication Adherence

What Does Patient Non-Adherence to Medication...

For years, those of us in healthcare have generally cited the following estimates to illustrate the ...

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Medication Adherence

Top 7 Medication Adherence Tools for Healthcare...

If your organization doesn’t have effective processes in place for medication adherence, it's time ...

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Medication Adherence

You Won’t Believe What These Medication Adherence...

Our team recently ran across these interesting medication adherence statistics, all of which have ...

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Medication Compliance

How Medication Compliance Affects Patient Outcomes

Nothing good can come out of failing to take a medication as prescribed. As former Surgeon General ...

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Medication Compliance

The Importance of Medication Compliance for...

Medication adherence refers to the degree or extent patients conform to a provider’s recommended ...

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Medication Adherence

Causes of Medication Non Adherence and How...

Consider these statistics: In the United States, nearly 4 million prescriptions are written ...

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Care Management

6 Ways to Ensure That Your Care Management...

Care management programs have become vital tools in helping organizations meet the treatment needs ...

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Care Management

The Role of Patient Discharge in Overall Care...

Whenever someone completes a project, they inevitably experience a range of emotions. One of them ...

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Medication Adherence

5 Challenges and Solutions with Drug Adherence

It’s widely recognized that about half of the medicines prescribed to patients are not taken as ...

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Care Management

How to Enhance Management of Patient Care for...

There is no silver bullet answer to improving medication adherence and management in the outpatient ...

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Care Management

5 Ways to Improve Patient Intake

One cannot understate the importance of the patient intake process. The results of a survey ...

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Care Management

Why Patient Engagement is Crucial for Your Care...

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) defines "care management" as follows: "Care management is ...

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Care Management

Best Practices for Care Transitions

Billions and billions of wasted dollars — $12 to $44 billion dollars, in fact. That's how much ...

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Care Management

How Patient Care Coordination Affects Care...

From scheduling doctor visits and picking up medications and DME, to finding a home health ...

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Care Management

Post-Hospital Syndrome: Is Inpatient Stress...

A recent piece in the New York Times caught my eye for its excellent layman’s primer about a ...

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Patient Safety

The Importance of Patient Safety in Healthcare

One day after the wedding, my colleague’s new husband was in the yard chopping wood when his foot ...

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Medication Reconciliation

Why You Need a Medication Reconciliation Policy...

You don't want to take chances with medication reconciliation. A poorly executed or incomplete ...

Hospital Readmission Reduction Program

Care Management

7 Steps for a Hospital Readmission Reduction...

Reducing readmissions is a priority for America’s hospitals. Here are some successful steps that ...

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Patient Safety

3 Tips on How to Provide a Safe and Positive...

As healthcare becomes increasingly value-based and patient-centric, healthcare providers have given ...

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Patient Safety

5 Ways that Communication and Patient Safety Go...

Multiple studies indicate that ineffective communication among health care professionals is one of ...

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Care Management

Creating a Seamless Discharge Planning Process

“Seamless” discharge planning happens when a patient is effectively and safely transitioned from ...

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Patient Safety

How the Best Organizations are Providing Quality...

How do you know when an organization is excelling in providing quality patient care? It receives ...

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Care Management

5 Hospital Discharge Planning Tools to Improve...

The responsibility for patients does not end for hospitals upon discharge. Hospitals maintain and ...

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Care Management

What Should Be Included in a Hospital Discharge...

A discharge summary plays a crucial role in keeping patients safe after leaving a hospital. As an ...

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Patient Safety

Creating a Patient Safety Model That Prevents...

A patient safety model that truly works for patients can only exist in a culture of safety. Yet 15 ...

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Medication Reconciliation

How Patient Care Coordination Improves Medication...

Medication reconciliation is not intended as a single event. Rather, as The Joint Commission notes ...

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Patient Safety

5 Patient Care Issues in Hospitals

I considered dozens of patient care issues for this post. I chose these five for their relevance to ...

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Care Management

Best Practices for Your Care Management Process

The transition to value-based care has hospitals exploring new avenues to cut down on preventable ...

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Patient Safety

The Nurse's Role in Patient Safety

In a busy pediatric ER at the end of a grueling 12 hour shift, a nurse and a physician were caring ...

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Medication Reconciliation

Preventing Medication Errors: Getting the Most...

It doesn't take much to cause a medication error. Misplace a decimal point. Change a couple letters ...

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Patient Safety

4 Patient Safety Issues in Nursing

Nurses are a stalwart player on the patient care team. But even the most dedicated face a series of ...

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Patient Safety

Need to Improve Patient Safety Training in Your...

Medication errors. Falls. Wrong-site surgery. Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs). What do these ...

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Care Management

Reduce Unnecessary Emergency Room Visits By...

Healthcare professionals don't need a statistical rehash of how many people head to emergency room ...

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Care Management

Reducing Hospital Readmissions Requires...

Approximately 13 percent of 30-day hospital readmissions occur due to adverse drug events (ADE), ...

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Care Management

Our Favorite Healthcare Mobile Apps of 2018

As software developers dedicated to the mission of providing better care, we like to be in tune ...

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Care Management

Improving Patient Care with 13 Apps Clinicians...

It’s easy for clinicians to reach the point of app overload as hundreds of new clinical apps get ...

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Care Management

Performance Data All CMIOs Should Have for...

Just how important are effective care transitions to ensuring patient safety and avoiding adverse ...

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Patient Safety

Involving Patients in Patient Safety Initiatives

In my post from June, "The Importance of Patient Safety in Hospitals," I discussed the major impact ...

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Patient Safety

Top 10 Hospital Patient Safety Issues: Part 2

In my post from June 21, 2018, I briefly discussed how the first five of ECRI’s Top 10 Patient ...

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Medication Reconciliation

Safely Prescribing Medications: Knowing What You...

The number of patients taking prescribed medicines is shocking. Nearly half of the U.S. population ...

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Care Management

Closing Gaps in Care: Better Data = Better Care

Much has been written and discussed about the causes of gaps in care. One explanation that I feel ...

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Care Management

Hospital Workflows: The Key to Better Patient...

If your hospital is looking to strengthen patient outcomes, there may be no better area to target ...

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Patient Safety

Measuring Patient Outcomes: 4 KPIs You Must Track...

It’s often said that knowledge is power. And to harness that power you must harness all the ...

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Medication Reconciliation

The Medication Reconciliation Process and its...

Take a guess - how many people in the United States take at least one prescription drug every 30 ...

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Medication Reconciliation

What’s the Patient’s Responsibility in Preventing...

After refusing to have an infected tooth pulled, Sue’s dentist prescribed amoxicillin to treat the ...

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Medication Reconciliation

Why Medication Adherence Must Be the Cornerstone...

Patients don’t take their medicine as prescribed about 50% of the time.[1] And approximately 25% of ...

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Patient Safety

National Patient Safety Goals: How Do You Measure...

The well-being of patients is the top priority of every clinician and healthcare administrator, but ...

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Patient Safety

Improve Patient Satisfaction with a Focus on...

There are many ways organizations can work to improve patient satisfaction. They can train ...

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Patient Safety

Tools for Improving Patient Outcomes Through...

It's no surprise to see more organizations allocating resources and investing in solutions to aid ...

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Patient Safety

The Importance of Patient Safety in Hospitals

As healthcare providers, it is imperative that we put ourselves in the shoes of our patients. ...

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Patient Safety

Ensuring Patient Safety in an Emergency Situation

Imagine this scenario: Someone is lying on the sidewalk, having a seizure or unconscious. A ...

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Patient Safety

Top 10 Hospital Patient Safety Issues: Part 1

Since 2009, the ECRI institute has released an annual report identifying the top 10 patient safety ...

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Patient Safety

Quality of Care: Ways Your EMR Might Be Letting...

An electronic medical record (EMR) system can be a tremendously valuable tool. When used ...

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Press Release

Cureatr, Inc. Secures Round of Financing

New York City, New York - Cureatr, a real-time healthcare information service provider, announced ...

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Patient Safety

Improving Patient Safety Begins with Improved...

A 2016 analysis by Johns Hopkins patient safety experts revealed that more than 250,000 deaths ...

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Press Release

Cureatr, Inc. Welcomes Richard Resnick as Chief...

VC Backed IT Start-up Veteran Brings 15 Years of Experience to NYC Based Real-time Healthcare ...

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Press Release

Cureatr Named Top Company for the Future of...

New York, NY - August 8, 2017 – Cureatr – a New York-based healthcare technology company was ...