Phone call with pharmacists before physician visit improves care

 

A phone call with a pharmacist before a physician visit can significantly improve quality of care, according to research published in Medscape

This practice yielded an ROI of 7.3:1.0, meaning that for every $7.30 of healthcare savings, $1.00 went toward the cost of having the pharmacist perform the medication reconciliation, according to the article.

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