“Doctor shopping” happens when patients visit different physicians to gain multiple prescriptions for the same period of illness. According to the journal Clinical Neuroscience, this behavior is common among patients who are hypochondriacs, or who are suffering from drug addiction. Typically, doctor shoppers may present themselves as a new patient or a visiting patient from…
An in-office medication dispensing system enables doctors who have clinics or health facilities to dispense prescription drugs to their patients at the time of consultation. The term is also known as point-of-care dispensing or physician dispensing. This system highlights how patients may conveniently and directly obtain their medications during their check-ups or visits. The practice…
The speed at which a patient begins their road to recovery is often overlooked however it should not be ignored. In many cases even when patients do comply with their medication they don’t always do so straight away. Perhaps their Pharmacy is located in an inconvenient place or the Pharmacy can’t dispense the prescription immediately.…
Did you know that 50 percent of patients in developed countries who suffer from chronic diseases have a poor rate of medication compliance? According to the World Health Organization, it’s this poor adherence that’s making it futile to fight conditions like depression, diabetes, or HIV/AIDS, among other diseases. Medication compliance, or adherence, refers to the…
The global pharmaceuticals market was worth $934.8 billion in 2017 and will reach $1,170 billion in 2021, growing at 5.8% per year, according to a recent pharma market research report by The Business Research Company. This is up from 5.2% for the years leading up to 2017, but is slower than the other two large healthcare segments:…