When a patient leaves a healthcare facility, the doctor expects the patient to pick up the newly prescribed medications and take them as directed. More often than not, patients either don’t pick up the medication or take it properly causing a lack of medication adherence. This can be avoided if both patient and provider can work together and discuss the goals of care. Medication non-compliance or lack of medication adherence account for up to 50%
Understanding Health Literacy Health literacy is the “degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.” In the US, only 12% of the population are considered to have a proficient health literacy. Per the CDC, patients with low health literacy can require more emergency care, have a higher frequency of hospital stays, and are less likely to comply with treatment plans
How Pharmacists Can Leverage Technology For Medication Reconciliation And Virtual Patient Care Authored by Ken Dandurand R.Ph and Varun Goyal M.S,, M.B.A. Pharmacists play a critical role in the healthcare ecosystem, and can work with other health professionals to contribute to positive patient outcomes. This relationship is especially true when pharmacists can leverage technology to provide ongoing patient empowerment, support, and education to reduce the risk of adverse events from prescribed medications. Given that only
How digital health is changing care delivery for pharmacists and improving public health Varun Goyal, CEO, and co-founder of Illuminate Health was featured on MATTER Health. Varun share thoughts on how COVID-19 is changing the role of pharmacists. Read more About Matter MATTER is a healthcare startup incubator, community nexus and corporate innovation accelerator. Together, we are mobilizing a community of entrepreneurs, industry innovators, scientists and clinicians committed to improving health and care for every