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S1 Ep188: Why your patients don't fill prescriptions, with Joseph Kleiman of Buzz Health
In a Buzz Health survey of prescribers, 54% said patients often or very often fail to start therapy because of cost, but only 17% said prescription abandonment is highly visible in their workflows. Joseph Kleiman, president of Buzz Health, says the gap comes down to connectivity: prescriber, pharmacy and health plan systems that still don't share data.
Medical Economics Managing Editor Todd Shryock sat down with Kleiman to talk through the survey, which included prescribers and electronic health record (EHR) workflow leaders.
Nearly all prescribers in the survey said seeing insurance and…
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