What Is The Medicare Part D Drug Benefit? How Does It Work? Am I Eligible? How Can I Apply? The Only Book Of Its Kind, This Practical Guidebook Offers The Answers To These Questions And Much More Whether You're A Senior, Caregiver, Or Practicing Healthcare Professional, The Medicare Part D Drug Program: Making The Most Of The Benefit Clearly And Concisely Explains How The Medicare Part D Drug Benefit Works, Where To Obtain Clarification And Further Information About The Program, How And When To Apply, And How To Use The Benefit To Help Seniors. In An Easy-To-Use Format Featuring Simple...

Doctors And Pharmacists Spend Years Studying To Become Eligible For State Licensure, Yet Patients Are Expected To Know A Lot About Their Drugs Without Much Provided Information. It Is Often Assumed That Patients Know About Their Drugs And Classifications, But This Is Not Usually The Case. Most Patients, Especially Senior Citizens, Don't Understand Their Medications, Medication Treatments, And Underlying Disease States. Written To Help Patients And Their Families, Caregivers, And Health Professionals, This Resource Offers All Of The Answers To Your Questions And Empowers Patients To Be...

The healthcare field is rapidly evolving, compelled by technological strides, pressure to increase efficiency, and demand to contain costs. Pharmacy and the U.S. Health Care System, Third Edition is the classic text used to prepare pharmacists for independent practice in today's unpredictable environment since the first edition was published in 1991. This new edition is now streamlined and tailored for a one-semester course, completely updated with the most recent data, statistics, and emerging issues relevant to today's pharmacy professional, with new chapters devoted to the political...

Improve your patient's health through a fresh view of their behaviors

Patients who use over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medicine often do not take the drugs as intended, sometimes to the detriment to their health and well-being. These widespread problems cause health professionals to agonize over how to try to make sure patients comply with medication instructions. Patient Compliance with Medication: Issues and Opportunities tackles this tough issue by exploring in detail the range of noncompliance behavior, the negative impacts the behavior has on patients as well as...

Improve your patient's health through a fresh view of their behaviors

Patients who use over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription medicine often do not take the drugs as intended, sometimes to the detriment to their health and well-being. These widespread problems cause health professionals to agonize over how to try to make sure patients comply with medication instructions. Patient Compliance with Medication: Issues and Opportunities tackles this tough issue by exploring in detail the range of noncompliance behavior, the negative impacts the behavior has on patients as well as...

Electronic Transcribing Of Prescriptions, Commonly Termed E-Prescribing, Accounts For Roughly 5-7% Of Physicians’ Prescription At Present. Due To Impending U.S. Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services (CMS) Requirements Set To Be Finalized And Implemented By 2009, E-Prescribing Of Prescriptions For 39 Million Medicare Part D Clients Will Be Firmly Established. Hundreds Of Thousands Of Physicians’ Offices Will Soon Need To Be Electronically Equipped To Transfer Prescriptions, Which Result In A Major Shift In How Prescriptions Are Transmitted From Physicians’ Offices To...