January 7, 2016
The Florida Board of Pharmacy has an answer for patients who struggle to get the pain medications their physician prescribes: pharmacist education and improved state guidelines.
January 5, 2016
Medications treating mental illness symptoms in elderly patients have become widely used –sometimes overused – in long-term care facilities.
December 21, 2015
Here’s a look back at the trends and topics that shaped patient access this year. 1. “Affordable” Care Empties Americans’…
December 17, 2015
by Amanda Conschafter, blog editor New legislation has the House Committee on Veterans Affairs examining a far-reaching patient access issue:…
December 15, 2015
The near elimination of hepatitis C could be in sight, suggests new research from Yale University.
December 10, 2015
The Biologics Prescribers Collaborative, a group representing physicians who regularly prescribe biologics, has joined the Alliance for Patient Access.
December 8, 2015
Fewer men are being diagnosed with prostate cancer, new data shows—perhaps because fewer are being screened.
December 4, 2015
Milk is medicine, explains a new policy brief from the Institute of Patient Access, and access to an exclusive human milk diet has measurable benefits for premature infants.
December 3, 2015
Nearly one in three Americans delay health care because of cost, Gallup’s newly released Health and Healthcare poll shows.
November 24, 2015
Food labels now cater to consumers who are as hungry for data as for, say, potato chips.
