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Consult Service / Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
Our practice specializes in performing comprehensive reviews of your medications, prescription and non-prescription, and works closely with your other healthcare providers. The goal is to ensure that the medications are taken properly and to search for any potential drug interactions. Medication Therapy Management (MTM) is an ongoing service that provides and continuous oversight of your medications while providing you a personal resource for any questions you have about medications and treatments.
These comprehensive medication reviews and ongoing management are an essential part of ensuring that patients optimize their health outcome goals and to avoid the complications and adverse side effects that can accompany taking medications.
“No medication is without the potential for side effects and patients should become their own advocate when receiving healthcare”
Patient Assistance Program
Many of the US pharmaceutical companies provide medications free of charge for patients who meet specific financial criteria. We have developed a unique service that will review your medications, identify which medications are available for free and then work with you to determine is meet the company’s criteria. Our staff will continue to track your prescription needs and work directly with you to ensure that you continue to receive the medications even if reapplication periods are required. We have simplified the process for the patient and help you through each step.
“If you are having difficulty affording your medications there may be options you haven’t explored, let us see if we can help you.”
Drug Information Center
Clinical pharmacology is a medical specialty that focuses on understanding the positive and negative effects of medications on the human body. It also includes a vast amount of other information like product formulations, drug-drug interactions, drug-food interactions and many others. Our staff of clinical pharmacologists are ready to who can answer your questions.
• Hospitals
• Nursing Homes
• Physicians
• Nurse Practitioners
• School Systems
• Government Agencies
• Law Enforcement
• Lawyers
Healthcare Consulting
Our staff has designed patient education materials, disease management programs, and assisted in the development of clinical services for a variety of hospital, managed care plans, and pharmaceuticals manufacturers. It is the combination of experienced practitioners, blended with our creative and technical staff that position as a healthcare center of excellence. In addition to clinical skills, we have assembled a team that is committed to striving for quality and utilizing technology in every area of our practice.
Our pharmaco-economics team specializes in drug benefit design, prior authorization programs, and drug formulary design for some of the nations leading managed care organizations and government healthcare agencies. If you are looking for practical clinical experience blended with technical expertise in healthcare policy and program design, you don’t have to look any further.
Clinical Research
The development of new medications can involve years worth of clinical research trials. The process requires a strong collaboration between pharmaceutical companies, universities and private practice researchers to design and conduct the research that leads to the medications we use in everyday practice. Our medical staff serves as leaders, or Principal Investigators, on several clinical research trials each year. This provides our patient’s with the opportunity to participate in clinical trials with the most advanced therapies and to play an active role in this exciting process.
Medical Education & Training
We are committed to training future healthcare practitioners with the skills necessary to select, prescribe and manage medication therapies. The practice serves as a clinical rotation site for medical, pharmacy and nursing students from both US and International Colleges and Universities. Students are integrated into direct patient care, drug information services and clinical research practice. The future of healthcare depends upon the quality of our educational system. Practical knowledge and clinical skills come from hands on experience and real life patient care settings. We feel privileged to be part of the academic process.
Leaning does not stop after graduation or residency training. Our medical staff is active in the continuing education arena. Presenting at seminars, lectures, grand rounds, workshops and publishing scientific articles are just some of the ways we serve to improve the level of practice skills for today’s healthcare practitioners. We frequently participate as lecturers, but we also develop and host continuing education programs as well.
"He who dares to teach must never cease to learn"
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