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July 5, 2011

CVS forum puts spotlight on med adherence

In a move that not only shed more light on how to battle the $300 billion problem of medication nonadherence but also helped to raise consumer awareness on the importance of adherence, CVS Caremark convened its first-ever national forum in late May. 

May 26, 2011

CVS Caremark convenes first-ever national forum on nonadherence

CVS Caremark and a panel of health experts explored research findings and the problem of medication nonadherence Thursday morning during CVS Caremark’s first-ever national forum on medication nonadherence at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

January 11, 2011

Older physicians less likely to prescribe generic medications

While a majority of physicians are comfortable with generic medications, there is a small segment who still have negative perceptions about the effectiveness and quality of generic drugs, and that may lead to doctors prescribing unnecessarily expensive medications, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard University, Brigham and Women's Hospital and CVS Caremark.

January 5, 2011

Collaborative care alchemy: Pharmacists + nurses = gold

  Last month, the American Journal of Managed Care published a review of more than 40 years worth of studies from various medical journals that demonstrated that the best way to improve adherence is to get patients to talk to the store pharmacist; the second-best way is to get them to talk to a nurse before they leave the hospital. 

November 15, 2010

CVS Caremark study addresses correlation between out-of-pocket co-pay, Rx abandonment

There is a direct correlation between the amount of a patient's out-of-pocket co-pay and prescription...