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Pharmacy: A Journey of Curiosity and Impact 💊✨ 🤔 Why do we give the same medicine, at the same dose, to different people and see such diverse responses? This question drives Howard McLeod's passion for pharmacy. The variability in patient outcomes creates endless opportunities to individualize care, making every day dynamic and rewarding. 📚 Pharmacists bring unmatched expertise—understanding drug mechanisms, selecting the right medications, and managing treatments over time. 🚀 As pharmacy evolves, we’re stepping beyond dispensing into more direct patient care, shaping healthcare decisions and outcomes. ❤️ Pharmacy isn’t just a career; it’s a calling to adapt, innovate, and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. #Pharmacy #PatientCare #HealthcareInnovation #therapeuticdrugmonitoring #bayesianddosing #precisiondosing #modelinformed #futureofmedicine #antimicrobialstewardship

#Technology at its finest! In a world of AI, the experiences we live are what make us human and IRREPLACEABLE. Join the IRREPLACEABLE community and read the Book: https://zurl.co/dRBv

#Alternatives to #GLP-1 Drugs for Employers. GLP-1 Drugs like #Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound #cost employer $9,000-$10,000 per person per year... a cost that is financially #unsustainable for many employer health plans. In considering alternatives to GLP-1 drugs, it is important to understand that they are only effective in conjunction with eating #less... including eating less #sugar. As Dr. Robert Lustig has pointed out, eating less refined sugar and high #fructose corn syrup is the key to treating #diabetes and #obesity. #Fruit is a healthy alternative to eating sugar. Increased fruit consumption is associated with a 6% #decrease in diabetes. However, only 12% of US adults eat the daily recommended allowance of fruit. There is a model of #PrimaryCare that is effective in improving nutrition, promoting weight loss and preventing/treating diabetes and that is #Onsite Clinics, Near Site Clinics and #DirectPrimaryCare. The company Serigraph used an onsite clinic, data measurement and incentive programs to keep their healthcare cost #flat for 9 years while improving employee health an nutrition. Sources at AHealthcareZ YouTube Channel.

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Top 9 Cities for Hospital #EMR Interoperability. Do #Hospitals Share Patient #Data? In many places 'NO.' Electronic Medical Record #Interoperability is the Ability of Different Hospital Systems and #Doctor Practices to Share Patient Data. Examples of Patient Data Include Disease #History, Physical Exam Findings, CT/MRI Images and #Lab Values. The US Government #Measured Hospital Interoperability in Major Cities and Scored Them on #Percent of Hospitals that Shared Patient Data. Some of the Findings: Cleveland 78% of Hospitals Share Patient Data Miami 77% Dallas 60% New York City 59% Chicago 58% Boston 50% Washington D.C. 44% Los Angeles 41% Philadelphia 35% Some Hospitals and Physician Practices Do Not Share Data #NOT Because of Technology #Challenges, But Rather Because They Do Not #Want to Share Patient Data. Hear a #TrueStory of a 500+ Doctor Practice that #STOPPED Sharing CT Images with a Local Hospital for Free and Instead Would #Charge Patients to Copy Images to a CD, Which They Would Need to Take to the Hospital. Sources at AHealthcareZ YouTube Channel.

Medical #Debt Impact on #CreditScore... Can Decrease by 50-110 Points. Learn #How It Works and Recent #Regulation Changes. Unpaid medical #bills are written off by doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers and sent to #collections agencies. Collections agencies then report the debt to the big three #CreditBureaus: TransUnion, Equifax and Experian. The Credit Bureaus then send that data to the two credit scoring companies: FICO and VantageScore®. The problem with this process is that 80% of medical bills are #incorrect, so the debt and its impact on a person's credit score is incorrect as well. Medical Debt can frequently decrease a credit score by 50-110 points The Federal #Government has tried to decrease this impact of medical debt on credit scores by #pressuring the Credit Bureaus to no longer record medical debt of less than $500. This change occurred in 2023 and resulted in the percent of Americans with medical debt on their credit rating #decreasing from 14% to 5%. VantageScore even voluntarily stopped #counting ALL medical debt when calculating a person's credit score. However, FICO--which is used by by 90% of #lenders--still counts medical debt greater than $500 against a person's credit score. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is trying to #ban all medial debt from being used in a person's credit score, but as of August 2025, no official regulatory change has occurred. Sources at AHealthcareZ YouTube Channel.

I am pleased to announce that The Avatar Group - Healthcare and I have accepted a position as a Board Member of XYGene, an organization focused on combining insights and integration to help providers offer evidence-based diagnosis and treatment for their patients. I met the XYGene founders several years ago when they were just getting started and I knew they were innovators and disruptors in their space and have continued to expand on their solutions. Patrick Geren, CEO of XYGene says “Mike represents a long-standing tradition of challenging the adoption of future science within the constraints of today’s standards. His addition to the team is expected to accelerate XYGene's already fast growth, bridging the legacy needs of a complex industry with the promise of tomorrow's healthcare."   Tucker Marcheso, CFO stated “We always knew we would work with Mike. So excited the day is officially here. Mike is one of the few people who have the broad range of experience that is critical to XYGene scaling our interoperability solutions.  Tackling the trillion-dollar problems needs the best in the business and XYGene is excited to use Mike’s extensive, cross market expertise helping companies get to peak value in record time.”   I am looking forward to working with the XYGene leadership and providing guidance and input focused on accelerating their business. www.xygene.net #XYGene #PatrickGeren #TuckerMarcheso #PGx 

To celebrate National Pharmacy Week, DoseMe interviewed renowned American 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 and implementation scientist, Howard McLeod. A thought leader in precision medicine, he expresses his passion for pharmacy. In this video, McLeod notes how different patients respond differently to the same medication and dosage, which fuels his curiosity and makes the field dynamic and engaging. He emphasizes the unique expertise of pharmacists in 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺𝘀, managing medications over time, and grasping disease complexities. Over the last decade, pharmacists have expanded into 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 in organizations like the Gates Foundation, the FDA, NIH, and CDC, as well as diverse fields such as Wall Street and ad agencies. With this shift, pharmacists are gaining more opportunities to help manage 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 through clinic hours and hands-on roles. Congratulations to all for the ongoing achievements! #nationalpharmacyweek #pharmacogeneticist #pharmacist #drugmechanisms #regulatory #technology #AI #pharmaceutical #therapeuticdrugmonitoring #bayesianddosing #precisiondosing #modelinformed #pharmacy #futureofmedicine #antimicrobialstewardship