January 12 is National Pharmacist Day, and the perfect time to give these dedicated medical professionals a shout-out. Use #NationalPharmacistDay and post a photo and kind words about your favorite pharmacist or pharmacy to show your appreciation.

Some kids who grow up poor and disadvantaged try to distance themselves from their former lives as adults. Kim Hall, a Patient Care Coordinator for South Carolina House Calls (SCHC), saw her childhood adversity as an opportunity to help others.

South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC) provides a continuity of care for their patients through an extensive network of resources. Those resources include multiple in-house specialties, including pharmacy, cardiology, psychotherapy, social work, diabetic specialty teams, and a new chronic care management program.

In parts one & two of our Chronic Care Management (CCM) series, we explored how qualified patients can benefit from CCM. And how South Carolina & Georgia House Calls utilizes in-home primary care providers, technology, and multiple in-house specialists to provide CCM service throughout the region. In our final installment, part three summarizes the components making up the CCM program and how patients qualify and enroll in CCM.

Take the first step. If you do not have a primary care provider, or it has been years since you have seen one, get started with a new South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC) patient assessment.

As a full-service in-home and telehealth provider, South Carolina and Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC) include psychotherapy as one of its essential specialty services. These specialists working closely with the primary care practitioners, offer support for patients experiencing depression, anxiety, complicated grief, or any standard classification of mental disorder recognized by mental health professionals.

There are numerous advantages for assisted living communities to partner with a primary care provider like South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC). The key to a successful program is seeing the residents regularly and addressing issues before developing into more severe conditions.

The South Carolina summer is upon us, and we have already experienced several days in June where the temperature has hit triple digits. Tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods get a lot of media attention as significant destructive weather, but excessive heat causes more yearly fatalities than any other type of weather.

With a broad array of commonly prescribed medications, action kits are now carried by South Carolina & Georgia House Calls Nurse Practitioners (SC & Ga HC). This proactive step is similar to a clinical visit where a doctor prescribes a medication and then gives the patient a starter supply until the prescription can be filled.

Studies have confirmed that primary care's consistent management of chronic conditions helps prevent hospitalizations. A report published by the Primary Care Collaborative in December of 2020 states that primary care spending in the US was only 4.67% of total healthcare spending.

Assisted Living Communities have specific needs for providing medication management for their residents. With decades of experience serving senior living communities, SC Home Rx has developed a pharmacy partnership program specifically tailored to meet those varied needs.

Big Data, smart-home technologies, and telemedicine are converging to provide more accessible, intelligent healthcare that promises better patient outcomes. Innovations fueled by health-related data collected through wearables like smartwatches and remote patient monitoring translate into trillions of data points—Big Data, through analysis, can identify trends that provide medical and pharmaceutical companies information for developing solutions.

A few days ago, Jamie Preston, the host of the LTC University Podcast, sat down with Dr. Sharon Jones, the manager of SC Home RX, to talk about how the pharmacy simplifies medication management for their patients.

Life is busy; why wait for your prescriptions when they can be delivered right to your door? Simplifying pharmacy services through the successful implementation of technology and automation is one of the main goals of SC Home Rx.

SC Home Rx (SCHRx) is currently in the training phase of implementing its new automated medication dispensing system from Synergy Medical.

Ask any Doctor or Nurse Practitioner who provides care for older adults, and they will tell you the number one reason patients get into trouble is through medication non-adherence. Taking multiple medications, each with different dosing requirements, is daunting for anyone and especially challenging for seniors.

Last week in (Part 1) of proactive patient-centered care, we explored a trend in healthcare spurred on by the pandemic that has moved the needle from a reactive care model toward a more proactive patient-centered model. This week we are looking at some of the components South Carolina & Georgia House Calls (SC & GA HC) utilizes in their proactive care model.

Like most people, you probably have applications on your phone that you seldom or never use. However, there is one app available through SC & GA House Calls and Main Street Physicians that I highly recommend if you want to save both time and money.

With short notice from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), healthcare providers are scrambling to adapt to the new CMS 2021 fee-for-service schedule. Undoubtedly, the adjustments stemming from lessons learned during the Pandemic, where telehealth visits increased significantly, impacted the CMS decisions.