Eliminating Inappropriate Medications with Deprescribing
Our eagerness to provide relief with a pill to swallow and a glass of water to wash it down has led to an epidemic of polypharmacy—the use of...
A Match Made in Heaven: BetterRX and Doxy.me
COVID-19 rapidly changed the way we practice medicine. To slow the spread and protect vulnerable patients from infection, hospices were forced to...
'Tis the Season for Falling Workplace Productivity
The holiday season with its upbeat anthems declaring it as “the most wonderful time of the year,” often feels like “the most exhausting time of the...
#Blessed: The Physical Benefits of Gratitude
With a New Year fast approaching many people are taking stock of their lives and preformulating resolutions to improve their health and happiness....
Antibiotic Over-Prescription
Antibiotics are hailed as the greatest medical advance, and yet recent conditions of participation set by Medicare ask care facilities to break their...
Under Pressure: PBM’s Squeezing Out Mom and Pop Pharmacies
Recently multiple news stories have surfaced accusing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) of Scrooge-like reimbursement practices, and the short-changed...