Medication Management Systems in the news
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.
Whitepaper | Medication Adherence: Improved Results with Comprehensive Medication Therapy Management Services Linda M. Strand, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Robert J. Cipolle, Pharm.D., Mike J. Frakes, Pharm.D.
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 >
Science Daily | Doctor-pharmacist Partnership Reduces Hospitalization for Heart Failure
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. Read article >
Minneapolis Star Tribune | Drug therapies firm gains traction, August 23, 2009, Thomas Lee
"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."
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Press release |MMS adds Linda Strand to promote the expansion of medication management
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 | General Mills Offers Workers Tailored Drug Management, by Rick Byrne, Spring 2009, Vol. 6 no. 2:
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 |Patients in Canada can now access pharmacists for medication management, guided by innovative electronic therapeutic record
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 | 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 >
MyMedsManagementSM mentioned at Obama's health care reform summit
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, MyMedsManagementSM. Watch the video >
Dr. Cipolle receives inventor recognition
Press release | Medication Management Systems Associate Linda Strand Presents at the Symposium for Advanced Diabetes Educators
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (April 18, 2008)—Medication Management Systems co-founder and consultant Linda M. Strand, Pharm.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Hon) today presented at the International Diabetes Center Annual Symposium held in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. In a presentation entitled The Emerging Role of the Pharmacist in Diabetes Care, she described how medication therapy management services (MTM) integrate with the work of advanced diabetes educators. And she presented new data that documents MTM practices supported by MMS’s Assurance Pharmaceutical Care System™. Read complete release >
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 | Medication Management Systems’ Assurance System™ Product Stands Ready to Meet New FDA Labeling Changes and Testing 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 >
Lyceum Perspectives | Medication Therapy Management, Part 1: The Science of Managing Drug Therapies, Robert J. Cipolle, Pharm.D. and Linda M. Strand, PhD
Medication therapy management ("MTM") may be the best-kept secret in health care. A powerful solution to prevalent and expensive problems associated with medication use, MTM is a practice based on solid science. And, it goes a long way toward resolving critical problems in today's health care system | View complete article (.pdf)
Lyceum Perspectives | Medication Therapy Management, Part 2: Strategies to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs, David J. McLean, PhD
Drs Cipolle and Strand have built their careers around the design, development, and implementation of programs that teach practitioners the principles behind the science. Their work has now resulted in the industry beginning to identify how the MTM practice can be instituted within health care settings and practices. | View complete article (.pdf)
Minneapolis Star Tribune | Managing Medicine, November 12, 2006, Susan E. Peterson
A local company with University of Minnesota connections uses a software system to help manage patients taking multiple drugs. | View complete article (.pdf)