The California Right Meds Collaborative solves a problem with the system.
THE PROBLEM
Unreconciliated Medications Leading to Suboptimal Treatment
Patients with multiple chronic conditions frequently receive care from multiple physicians, who often are unaware of what each other is prescribing. As a result, some medications are prescribed that may interfere with the benefits of another, or interact and cause side effects. This leads to patients suffering unnecessarily from suboptimal medications, with some medications being duplicated or used to treat side effects from other medications.
OUR SOLUTION
Pharmacist Involvement
Physicians diagnose the patient and send them to one of our network pharmacists, who meets one-on-one with each patient to complete a full medical and medication history. Working in partnership with physicians, pharmacists help individualize medications in regards to selection, dosing, and monitoring to ensure treatment goals are met while preventing side effects. We help patients get well and stay well!
Patient Testimonial
For over 20 years, Dana struggled to control her blood sugar levels. She thought “no one [could] help” her control it until she started working with CRMC pharmacist, Christal Pham. Christal helped Dana manage her insulin, monitor her blood sugar, and change her diet to improve Dana’s A1c score. “My A1c was 9.6 [when I started the CRMC program] … One month ago, it was 8.4”, Dana reported.