The Madness of Medication Adherence The Impossible Mission of Quantifying Medication Compliance

Did you know that #doctors are penalized when patients buy cheaper meds abroad or pay cash?

#HealthcareSystem punishes #PCPs for patients' survival strategies.

Deep dive into how we measure #pharmacy fills, not #health.

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The Pressure to Control Blood Pressure Rhetoric vs Reality in "Controlling Blood Pressure" Quality Measure

If your dermatologist skips your BP on Dec 31, your #PCP gets penalized.

That’s the logic of the “Controlling #BloodPressure” metric—blame #doctors, ignore #SDOH, chase numbers. I break it down here:

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Solving Obesity with a Quality Measure How BMI screening & follow-up plan burdens PCPs without decreasing obesity

Are #BMI Screenings solving #obesity — or giving impression of progress but leaving #PCP drowning in #documentation.

Article: www.pcplens.com/p/solving-ob...

Video: www.pcplens.com/p/podcast-so...

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