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Pharmacist-patient relationships improve health, lower costs of care, UNC-Kerr study reveals
RALEIGH, N.C. A healthy relationship with a community pharmacist can improve health outcomes for patients and save money, a new collaborative study from North Carolina-based Kerr Drug and the University of North Carolina revealed.
Those benefits stem from direct interventions in patient therapy by pharmacists, coupled with a coordinated approach to the patient’s treatment regimen by his or her pharmacist and doctor, according to Kerr.
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Nestle teams up with Cleveland Clinic for collaborative study
GLENDALE, Calif. Nestle announced Thursday its donation to Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute to fund a collaborative study focused on examining the effects of a diet rich in whole grains on body composition and energy metabolism.