Aprexis Health Solutions Unveils New Tool for Pharmacists to Conduct Comprehensive Senior Assessment Enabling the Delivery of Customized Medication Services
Improves Appropriateness of Pharmaceutical Regimen, Increases Adherence, Improves Overall Health and Reduces Healthcare Costs
(firmenpresse) - BURLINGTON, VT -- (Marketwire) -- 12/12/11 -- , the leader in patient technology, today introduced Senior Care, a module of the Aprexis Platform for pharmacists and other healthcare providers to conduct comprehensive medication reviews for older adults. Senior Care supports (MTM) consultations that focus on optimizing seniors' use of medication and identifying potential health problems common in the aging population.
Seniors, the fastest growing segment of population in the U.S., are the nation's largest consumers of prescription and over-the-counter medications. They take twice as many medications as do younger adults. On average, older adults take 4-5 prescription medications and 2 over-the-counter medications a day. Seniors with chronic diseases and some acute conditions reap the most benefits from proper use of appropriate medications. Unfortunately, the complexity of the regimen can present high risks for these patients, who are often challenged to follow the prescribed therapy properly. Non-adherence accounts for more than 10% of older adult admissions to hospitals, and nearly 25% of nursing home admissions.
With Senior Care pharmacists conduct comprehensive senior assessments that allow them to screen for lifestyle concerns and medication appropriateness providing an opportunity for pharmacists to teach patients about their medications and create customized medication services for safe and effective drug therapy.
"Senior Care provides pharmacists a framework for conducting consultations that enables us to use our clinical knowledge to teach patients about medication and apply therapeutic treatments. When we screen for lifestyle concerns that are common to the aging populations we can identify possible medication side effects that seniors are often unaware of," said Renee White, PharmD, at Dean Clinic Pharmacy. "During the consultation we go over a lot of information, not just what medications are being taken, but why they have been prescribed, possible side effects and interactions. When the session is complete the patient leaves with a record of what was discussed including reminders and notes on patient pertinent topics."
Senior Care provides pharmacists an intuitive and systematic framework for conducting comprehensive medication reviews that identify potential areas of concern common in the aging population. The easy-to-use cloud-based solution contains the clinical and motivational interviewing techniques that help pharmacists maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of each patient consultation. Pharmacists create an action plan that details necessary changes and/or recommendations to a patient's regimen. Once approved by the patient's physician, these changes can be implemented quickly by the pharmacist.
Senior Care features include:
Patient Assessment - Logical step-by-step process that allows pharmacists to identify significant problems the patient may be experiencing as a result of taking their medication as well as challenges related specifically to aging.
Develops Recommendations - Guides pharmacists though a review of all medications, identifies problem areas, and details recommendations for changes that may benefit the patient, reduce complications, and improve quality of life.
Creates Reminders - Implements automatic medication reminders to the patient by phone, email or text.
Reporting Capabilities - Documents comprehensive immunization history, health behaviors, and medication profiles which are made available to the patient, his or her physician, and retained as a permanent record.
"Senior Care enables pharmacists to identify, prevent and resolve medication related issues within the rapidly growing senior population," said Robert Squire, President and CEO of Aprexis Health Solutions. "Our unique capabilities enable pharmacists to deliver care that will help keep senior patients safe, healthy and independent, which in turn will reduce overall healthcare costs."
Aprexis Health Solutions is the premier company empowering pharmacist and provider- led medication adherence. Our easy to use, cloud-based software revolutionizes delivery of personalized medication therapy management (MTM) and patient-centric clinical services while increasing revenues. What sets Aprexis apart is our keen focus on providing the tools needed to conduct and manage more consistent and effective high quality medication consultations so patients have better treatment outcomes and to reduce overall healthcare costs in our system.
Laura MacSweeney
Red Javelin Communications
781/395-6420
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