The committee recommended
improving access to the medication naloxone, which blocks or reverses the effects of opioids, as well as safe injection equipment to reduce transmission of HIV and hepatitis C. Providers and pharmacists should be permitted to prescribe, dispense, or distribute naloxone to laypersons, third parties, and first responders.
For example, NIDA is funding research to
improve access to medication - assisted therapies, develop new medications for opioid addiction, and expand access to naloxone by exploring more user - friendly delivery systems (for example, nasal sprays).
This may be because of more intense therapy for chronic illness,
improved access to medications due to Medicare Part D, and the growth of the generic drug market.
Not exact matches
For example, it may be increasing
access to essential
medication by having lower prices than competitors and a convenient delivery model, and it may be
improving quality of care by building trust with its customers.
A practicing community pharmacist, her other research and policy interests include health literacy, parents» use of children's medicines, direct -
to - consumer advertising of
medications, and
improving access to medicines by extending prescribing rights.
The article describes how HHS agencies are collaborating with public and private stakeholders
to expand
access to and
improve utilization of
medication - assisted therapies, in tandem with other targeted approaches
to reducing opioid overdoses.
That includes boosting education for doctors and patients,
improving research efforts
to discover the various roots of chronic pain, and helping government agencies work together better
to ensure that people can get
access to medications that they need — as well as
improve the odds that new ones will be available in the future.
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Improving access to child psychiatrists through consultation services and collaborative care models may help address potential undertreatment while also reducing the risk of prescribing
medications before other treatments have been tried.
Results of the study, which earlier this year won first prize in the inaugural «PAN Challenge» for research on
improving access to critical
medications for Americans with chronic and rare diseases, showed that patients in the latter, high - cost group were significantly less likely (45.3 percent vs. 66.9 percent)
to have a Part D claim for a TKI prescription within six months of their CML diagnosis, compared
to the subsidized, low cost - sharing group.
Our main goals are
to increase awareness of eczema as a public health issue and
to protect and
improve access to services and
medications for people whose lives are impacted by this disease.
To improve access to, and the quality of, affordable care for patients while optimizing therapeutic outcomes and reducing incidence of adverse effects through effective medication managemen
To improve access to, and the quality of, affordable care for patients while optimizing therapeutic outcomes and reducing incidence of adverse effects through effective medication managemen
to, and the quality of, affordable care for patients while optimizing therapeutic outcomes and reducing incidence of adverse effects through effective
medication management.
These advances have had limited impact on community care, with current data indicating high unmet need28 - 30 and poorer quality and outcomes for community treatment compared with efficacy studies.31, 32 We address these gaps by evaluating a quality improvement intervention aimed at
improving access to evidence - based treatments for depression (particularly CBT and antidepressant
medication) in primary care settings.
Research is needed
to test interventions that
improve knowledge and practice in providing
medication abortion, and the Indian Government at the national and state level needs
to prioritise
improving policies and practice
to increase
access to comprehensive abortion care and quality contraceptive services that prevent unintended pregnancy.
Improving Outcomes for Children in Child Welfare: A Medicaid Managed Care Toolkit (PDF - 1,649 KB) Center for Healthcare Strategies (2012) Helps child welfare agencies and other child - serving stakeholders develop an approach
to care and cross-system collaboration by focusing on
access to physical and behavioral health care services, coordination of care, and the appropriate use and monitoring of psychotropic
medications.