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Value-based care models help improve patient health outcomes, Steven Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP, associate dean for Clinical Affairs at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy, said during a presentation at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Regional Meeting 2023 in Orlando, Florida.
“Meditation-related harm is inevitable, long before the pandemic, [and] it’s even worse today,” he said. “One of the things we think about is: Why don’t we put more money into the health care system?”
Value-based care teams can take the burden off physicians, while helping the health care system more broadly, Chen said.
One way to optimize medication therapy is through comprehensive medication management (CMM), which is a standard of care for improving health care outcomes for patients, he said.
“[CMM] is taking an accountability for the optimization of patients’ medications,” Chen said.