Yearly Archives: 2017

Author: Candace DeMatteis Implementation change package details “how to” for pharmacists’ process of care in community pharmacy care management Today’s community pharmacist fills more than prescriptions, they also fill gaps in care for people with complex health needs.  Often medications … Read more

Author: Jon Easter In a show of bi-partisan consensus, the U.S. Senate passed the “Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic” (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 by unanimous consent on September 26, 2017. The bill focuses on Medicare … Read more

Author: Candace DeMatteis The lengthy delay between research discoveries and those discoveries actually benefitting patients is well known and much lamented.  Testing cause and effect can often lead researchers to control the environment of the study to the point that … Read more

Author: Candace DeMatteis This month, scholars at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy joined other healthcare experts to share innovative research testing how pharmacists can address challenges in optimizing medication use and coordinating care.  The May-June edition of the North … Read more

Author: Joel Farley, Ph.D. As insurers, employers, governments, and others who pay for health care demand greater value for their money, evaluating “value” has taken on much greater importance.  “Value” includes elements of quality and cost. Quality improvement has been … Read more

On January 13, 2017, thought leaders from the Eshelman School of Pharmacy joined experts from across the UNC Chapel Hill campus to share research collaboration opportunities in the study of the Business of Healthcare. Jon Easter, Director of the Pharmacy … Read more