December 2019, Volume XXXIIi, No 9
Comprehensive medication management
Expanding the primacy care interprofessional team
Imagine a typical day in your primary care clinic. You are two patients behind schedule. Two of your practice partners are out of the office, and you are covering their inbox. Refill requests are pouring in, and your new medical assistant is not quite up to speed.
December 2019, Volume XXXIIi, No 9
Comprehensive medication management: Expanding the primacy care interprofessional team
By Kyle Walburg, PharmD; Sara Massey, PharmD; Kylee Funk, PharmD, BCPS; Randy Seifert, PharmD; and Todd Sorensen, PharmD
Imagine a typical day in your primary care clinic. You are two patients behind schedule. Two of your practice partners are out of the office, and you are covering their inbox. Refill requests are pouring in, and your new medical assistant is not quite up to speed.
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An inconvenient truth: Transparency in pricing
By Merlin Brown, MD
As an independent primary care physician who has been in private practice in internal medicine for 20 years, I’ve observed a looming black fog slowly roll across the health care skyline. In the past, it seemingly hovered in the distance, going unnoticed by most, but it now consumes all visibility. That black fog prevents price transparency.
Behavioral Health
Minnesota’s leading edge: Creativity and collaboration
By Todd Archbold, LSW, MBA
Our nation is amidst a mental health crisis. For the last decade we have seen an increase in the prevalence of psychiatric conditions, deaths from opioid overdoses, and suicide rates, coupled with a drastic increase in people with mental illness who are homeless or incarcerated.
Behavioral health consultants: A valuable new member of the care team
By Jeni Kolstad, MSW, LICSW
Integrated care, as defined by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is “The care that results from a practice team of primary care and behavioral health clinicians working together with patients and families, using a systematic and cost-effective approach to provide patient-centered care for a defined population.”
Senior and Long-Term Care
Trends in older adult residence design: Emphasizing quality of life
By Gaius G. Nelson, MA
The past 30 years have seen a significant shift in both the populations and the designs of long-term care facilities. A once-homogenous cohort of older adults with a limited range of personal care and chronic medical needs has evolved into a diverse group of patients and residents in multiple settings: short-stay, post-acute, and rehabilitation.
Age-friendly health systems: Providing care that matters
By James T. Pacala, MD, MS
There are currently 700,000 to 800,000 people over the age of 65 in Minnesota. In 20 years, that number will grow to 1.3 million. With that figure on the rise, we need to make it a priority to know how to care for those individuals. The last 30 years of geriatric research has elucidated treatments and approaches to care for older adults that result in better health care outcomes, yet they have not all been implemented.
Addiction Medicine
The resurgence of methamphetamine: A dual epidemic
The early and mid-2000s saw a rise in use and production of methamphetamine which generated a substantial policy and public health response. The federal government passed the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) of 2005 to regulate retail over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and phenylpropanolamine products and to curtail the illicit production of methamphetamine and amphetamine (https://tinyurl.com/mp-1219-01).
Health Care Policy
The 2020 Minnesota legislative preview: Divided body faces a large surplus
Election-year politics and surplus dollars will be the center of attention when the Minnesota Legislature convenes at noon on Feb. 11, 2020. With 2020 being an all-important election year, the Governor and the Legislature must decide how to use a budget surplus of $1.322 billion.
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