An estimated $290 billion is the cost each year of patients who fail to take their medications properly.
Approximately 700,000 people experience negative side effects of their medications that result in an emergency room visit.
An estimated $290 billion is the cost each year of patients who fail to take their medications properly.
On average, about 50% of patients in the U.S. do not take their medications properly and around 33% do not fill their prescriptions at all.
Some of the Benefits of Medication Management are:
- Improved administration of all medications.
- Better patient use of prescribed medications.
- Reduced side effects and drug interactions.
- Peace of mind for patients and their families as there is assurance that medications are taken correctly.
- Reduced illness and death.
- Decreased medical costs (i.e. costs spent on emergency room visits and hospitalizations).
With approximately 50% of patients taking medications incorrectly, it is vital that hospitals and clinicians offer the education patients need to stay healthy while taking prescribed medications. When patients take their medications the correct way, their health can improve or, at a minimum, they can better manage their condition.
Medication management is a necessary service that helps the well-being of so many individuals on prescribed medications today. According to the American Medical Association, approximately 40% of seniors, age 65 and over, take at least five prescription drugs on a regular basis. This means tracking medications can be simply overwhelming. Call your physician to find a medication management clinic near you that can help your specific medication needs. FBN
By Dorian Lange
Dorian Lange is the CEO of Northern Arizona Pain Institutes. Lange is responsible for the management, administration and business development for multi-disciplinary specialty clinics throughout Central Arizona that provide integrative treatment protocols for pain management, physical and rehabilitative medicine. Learn more at northernarizonapaininstitutes.com/health-care-team/.