Medication Management Systems™ in the news

Article abstract | Medication Therapy Management: 10 Years of Experience in a Large Integrated Health Care System (.pdf)

Article by: Djenane Ramalho de Oliveira, Ph.D., Amanda R. Brummel, Pharm.D., and David B. Miller, R.Ph.(J Manag Care Pharm. 2010;16(3):185-95.)

Press release | Triple-S Salud Selects Medication Management Systems, Inc. to deliver Medication Therapy Management Services in Puerto Rico

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 9, 2010) Triple-S Salud, Inc. of Puerto Rico (Triple–S) has become the first health plan on the island of Puerto Rico to embrace the patient–centered medication therapy management (MTM) solutions provided by Medication Management Systems Puerto Rico, Inc., a wholly–owned subsidiary of Medication Management Systems, Inc.

January 21, 2010 | Linda Strand to keynote national Canadian practitioner meeting

Linda Strand, Vice President of Professional Services, MMS, will keynote the 41st Annual Professional Practice Conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada February 1, 2010. The conference is sponsored by the pharmacy organization of the National Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. This meeting attracts practitioners from across Canada and the theme for this year’s conference will be “Making MTM Services a Reality in 2010”. Dr. Strand will also be conducting workshops on providing care and reimbursement while she is there.

Seville, Spain, October 2009 | Linda Strand Keynote Speaker International Pharmaceutical Care Congress

Press release | Prime Therapeutics selects Medication Management Systems to help manage MTM benefit for 1 million Medicare Part D members

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (Dec. 15, 2009) — Pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) is the latest Medicare Part D program administrator to embrace the comprehensive medication therapy management (MTM) service technology provided by Medication Management Systems, Inc. (MMS). Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, MMS’s Assurance System™ will support Prime’s MTM program to improve the safe and effective use of medications for nearly 1 million Blue Cross and Blue Shield members under Medicare Part D drug benefit plans administered by Prime. Read complete release >

Minneapolis Star Tribune | MMS Cited for Early Success

"Breaking even wouldn't normally be cause for wild celebration. But considering the University of Minnesota's poor track record for spinning out companies, Medication Management Systems Incorporated's (MMS) feat seems rather impressive." Continue reading on StarTribune.com >

Science Daily | MMS Australian Collaborators Reduce Hospitalization for Heart Failure with MTM Services

ScienceDaily (August 19, 2009) – Collaborative medication management between doctors and pharmacists cut the heart failure hospitalization rate by nearly half. The striking difference in hospitalization rates may have been underestimated in this study because patients who received the collaborative medicine review were sicker than those who didn't receive it. Continue reading >

Press release | Linda Strand joins MMS

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 29, 2009)—Medication Management Systems, Inc. (MMS), one of the nation’s leaders in medication therapy management technology and services, announces the addition of Linda Strand, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.(Hon) to its executive team. Read complete release >

HealthLeaders-InterStudy, Michigan Health Plan Analysis | MMS Client, General Mills, Offers Workers Medication Therapy Management Benefit (.pdf)

Medication Management Systems’, MyMedsManagement℠ program is putting patients–and therefore employers–in the driver’s seat; disruptive technology leads to improved patient outcomes. Read complete article (.pdf) >

Press release | PMMS Expands to Canada

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 27, 2009)—A new U.S./Canadian cross-border partnership will expand access for patients who turn to pharmacists for medication therapy management services. Minneapolis-based Medication Management Systems, Inc. (MMS) has partnered with Medication Management Canada, Inc. (MMC) to adapt MMS’s groundbreaking electronic therapeutic record, the Assurance System™, for the Canadian health care market. Read complete release >

Press release | MMS Client, General Mills, First to Adopt New Worksite Pharmacist Program

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (March 10, 2009)—To combat the growing complexity of drug therapies and improve the use of medications, General Mills is the first employer to offer on-site access to a new individualized care program through Medication Management Systems, Inc. (MMS). Read complete release >

MMS Patient Program, MyMedsManagement℠, Mentioned at Obama’s Health Care Reform Summit | Watch the video >

Ken Powell, CEO of General Mills, attended Obama's health care reform summit on Friday, March 6, 2009, and made a statement about our program, MyMedsManagement℠.

MMS Co-Founders Receive Inventor Recognition | Read story >

Press release | MTM Study Reports Improved Quality and Economic Outcomes: Using Medication Management Systems’ Assurance Pharmaceutical Care System™

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (March 18, 2008) — A landmark study published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association documents how medication therapy management (MTM) services, provided by experienced pharmacists using the Assurance Pharmaceutical Care System™, produced both improved clinical outcomes and lower total health care expenditures. Read complete release >

Press release | Medication Management Systems Names New President and COO

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (February 27, 2008)—Medication Management Systems (MMS), a leading player in medication therapy management throughout the U.S., today announced the appointment of Nathan J. Schultz, Pharm.D. to the newly created executive position of President and Chief Operating Officer. Read complete release >

Press release | MMS Product Meets FDA Guidelines

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (August 17, 2007) Approximately 2 million Americans every year begin a prescribed regimen of the oral anticoagulant drug warfarin, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Marketed under a variety of brand labels, including Coumadin® and Jantoven®, this drug therapy treatment is prescribed to prevent blood clots and reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Read complete release >

Minneapolis Star Tribune | Managing Medicine with MMS Software (.pdf)

Minneapolis Star Tribune (November 12, 2006) A local company with University of Minnesota connections uses a software system to help manage patients taking multiple drugs. View complete article (.pdf)

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