Toodles, I would think SimplifyRx would be a major part of the conglomerate. One of the problems in healthcare, and particularly with senior citizens, is the conflict of medications prescribed.
Often, a patient goes to the doctor with lets say high blood pressure (hypertension). The doctor typically prescribes a handy blood pressure pill guessing at the strength based on a single BP reading, and then orders blood tests in case anything goes wrong. Let this process sink in. The prescription for blood pressure pills is generally given before blood testing.
After the patient takes blood pressure pills for lets say three or four days, the patient often feels terrible (I am speaking from experience here). So the patient calls the doctor again to complain about things such as a lack of energy, sleepy or falling asleep all the time, no get up and go, as well as falling or the inability to get up if one kneels or sits down. At this point the doctor prescribes potassium pills and often several others to treat all the issues. Each time a new pill is prescribed a patient takes a risk that one pill may not work well with another, and the doctor generally has little training in pharmacology.
So in the end a patient goes in with a single possible problem (hypertension), and ends up with as many as ten or twelve pills that must be taken every day. When the blood tests finally do come back, they may or may not show anything wrong, but lets continue taking these pills "just in case." After a week or more the patient then calls the doctor complaining that they are now forgetful and their minds are not very clear (a lack of mental sharpness). So then the patient is tested for mental problems, and if the patient doesn't pass a test often administered by interns, your parent or grandparent may end up in a senior care facility. This is a tragedy played out across the country, and in nearly every single family.
The healthcare profession must change, and a company like SimplifyRx looks like it may be a very big part of that solution.
Kgem
Often, a patient goes to the doctor with lets say high blood pressure (hypertension). The doctor typically prescribes a handy blood pressure pill guessing at the strength based on a single BP reading, and then orders blood tests in case anything goes wrong. Let this process sink in. The prescription for blood pressure pills is generally given before blood testing.
After the patient takes blood pressure pills for lets say three or four days, the patient often feels terrible (I am speaking from experience here). So the patient calls the doctor again to complain about things such as a lack of energy, sleepy or falling asleep all the time, no get up and go, as well as falling or the inability to get up if one kneels or sits down. At this point the doctor prescribes potassium pills and often several others to treat all the issues. Each time a new pill is prescribed a patient takes a risk that one pill may not work well with another, and the doctor generally has little training in pharmacology.
So in the end a patient goes in with a single possible problem (hypertension), and ends up with as many as ten or twelve pills that must be taken every day. When the blood tests finally do come back, they may or may not show anything wrong, but lets continue taking these pills "just in case." After a week or more the patient then calls the doctor complaining that they are now forgetful and their minds are not very clear (a lack of mental sharpness). So then the patient is tested for mental problems, and if the patient doesn't pass a test often administered by interns, your parent or grandparent may end up in a senior care facility. This is a tragedy played out across the country, and in nearly every single family.
The healthcare profession must change, and a company like SimplifyRx looks like it may be a very big part of that solution.
Kgem
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