A Webinar & Audio Conference Event with Dr. Chris Kersey, Chief Business Development Officer and Chief Medical Officer, RediClinic; Mary Kate Scott, Scott & Company, Inc.; and Patricia Shea, Partner, K&L Gates.

Convenient Care continues to proliferate and attract significant interest from consumers and health care stakeholders. While the majority of Convenient Care clinics are retail pharmacy sponsored, a growing number of Convenient Care operations have been directly sponsored and operated by hospital systems, or are offered under partnerships and alliances between retail pharmacies and hospitals. This session addresses the current financial, legal and marketplace issues for hospital involvement in Convenient Care.

Individual Registration Fee: $225. Audio Conference CD-ROM: $40 for attendees; $285 for non-attendees after the event Click here to register or call 209.577.4888.

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Recent studies show high drug prices have caused patients to cut back on their medications, which can be very costly for patients and employers in the long run.

• Only 50% of patients typically take their medicines as prescribed.
• Poor prescription adherence costs $1.77 billion annually in direct and indirect health care costs.
• 31% had not filled a prescription they were given.
• 24% had taken less than the recommended dosage. 

In addition, in the past year:

• 20% of adults had not filled at least one prescription.
• 16% of adults said they had taken a medicine less frequently than prescribed.
• 14% of adults admitted taking a smaller dose than prescribed.
• Among those with health insurance, 10% of individuals under age 65 and 33% of those over age 65 do not have prescription drug coverage

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