VA hospitals and clinicians face challenges not present in commercial hospitals, which is that they provide Veterans with 100 percent of care services throughout their lifetimes. With a focus on the full continuum of care, this includes specialty care at VA clinics for chronic conditions, acute hospital admissions and/or ER visits, all prescriptions filled at VA pharmacies, and end-of-life care in a VA community living centers/nursing homes. In VISN4, there are nine VA Medical Centers serving
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Pharmacy Interventions
Walgreens Study: Pharmacy Interventions Lead to Improved Medication Adherence
Patients eligible for Walgreens pharmacy interventions experienced a 3% greater medication adherence and nearly 2% less hospitalizations and significantly lower healthcare spending, according to a new Walgreens study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Population Health Management. The Walgreens study examined how its community pharmacists and multi-channel interventions reduce hospitalizations and total medical costs commonly associated with non–adherence to medications. Study
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