Digest- Memphis Daily News: UTHSC Professor Wins $1M Grant
Dr. Junling Wang, a professor in the department of clinical pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has won a grant of almost $1 million.
The funds will go toward research of more equitable and effective eligibility criteria for medication therapy management for Medicare beneficiaries.
The $987,562 grant was awarded by the National Institute on Aging, one of the National Institutes of Health, and will be funded over the next three years.
Medication therapy management services encompass a range of health care efforts, including things like comprehensive medication review, prescriber intervention for care coordination, and monitoring and following up of medication therapies, all of which aim to improve therapeutic outcomes for patients.
For 2015, patients with at least three chronic conditions, eight covered drugs, and a drug cost of $3,138, are eligible.
– Andy Meek
Source: https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2015/oct/2/wright-medical-group-completes-tornier-merger/