Michael Awadalla, Executive Vice President Office of Applied Pharmacotherapy, sheds light on personalized care driven by pharmacy in Chief Healthcare Executive. According to Michael, clinical trials are performed on enough people to ensure a drug is effective and safe, but there is no guarantee each patient will respond the same way to a recommended dose when the drug is released in the real world.
Michael shares that pharmacists can gauge if a certain drug or dose is best for a patient with details on that person’s genetics and the other drugs taken by the individual. As Michael notes, personalized care driven by pharmacy provides more confidence that patients are taking the right medications and reduces healthcare costs for organizations.
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