For decades, when people aged and developed chronic medical conditions, they were moved from their homes into a nursing home setting. The advent of the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in 1971 marked a change in that process, allowing many people to age in the comfort of Read more…
Interdisciplinary Team Meetings Long term care pharmacies can help physicians, nurses and pharmacy consultants collaborate in a team environment in an effort to provide improved care. When each of these disciplines work together in collaboration make a more meaningful contribution to the goal of improving care and outcomes. This collaboration Read more…
Improving Distribution and Decreasing Waste Are you still managing hundreds of bingo cards for medication administration? Multi-dose packaging paves the way for the integration of new pharmacy services. Here are three good reasons to switch to multi-dose packaging: Data and Technology Are Critical to New Pharmacy Services Electronic health records Read more…
Nursing Home Pharmacy Services Improve Med Adherence Medication adherence means taking the right dose of the right medication at the right time—always. Patients are at risk of problems if they: Grane Rx Meds2Home™ program can help. SimplePacks, prepackaged daily doses help people take the all of the right medications, Read more…
Polypharmacy in the Elderly Affects Medication Adherence When patients take multiple medications, medication adherence often decreases. It makes sense. Patients need to remember more medications—when to take them, how to take them and even if they’ve taken them. In addition, packaging may be harder to read, understand, or open for Read more…
Long-term Care Pharmacy Solutions Should Look at Your Cost Breakdowns You’re focused on the bottom line. The big picture is important, but with all the costs that add up to your total pharmacy total, you also need to look at each component to optimize savings. Grane Rx can show you Read more…
PACE pharmacy solutions are SIMPLE when they: PACE Pharmacy Solutions Simplify Regimens Participants with complex medical needs have complex medication regimens. They need to know how much medication to take, how often to take it, why they take it, when to take it, and any special instructions for taking Read more…
Download your FREE guide to Survive Allergy Season now. Spring brings with it sunshine, warmer temperatures, flowers, and allergies. Although seasonal allergies, may make you want to hide inside, some important steps can be taken to help prevent and treat seasonal allergies, so you can enjoy Mother Nature at its Read more…
Download your FREE guide to Preventing Anticoagulant Medication Errors now. Anticoagulants are considered to be one of the most at risk classes of medication for adverse events. In fact, in U.S. emergency departments anticoagulants accounted for 33% of adverse drug events in the elderly, and approximately 34,000 medication errors are Read more…
Download your FREE Flu Management Guide now. October is upon us — and so is the start of flu season As you know, older adults (and their caregivers) are at greater risk for influenza and related complications. Between now and May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends Read more…