Case Study: Magnolia Regional Health Center reduces prescription abandonment and readmissions with DrFirst

Magnolia Regional Health Center reduces antithrombotic abandonment 15% with DrFirst

Magnolia Regional Health Center sought to reduce preventable hospital readmissions, particularly among congestive heart failure patients, where prescription abandonment due to high out-of-pocket drug costs was a suspected contributor. Their challenge was a lack of visibility into medication costs at the point of care and an inability to track whether patients filled their prescriptions. To address this, they partnered with vendor DrFirst.

DrFirst implemented its price transparency solution into the hospital's MEDITECH EHR workflow, giving prescribers real-time benefit information during patient visits. They also utilized DrFirst's medication history tool to track prescription fills. In a study of 417 CHF patients, they found higher first-fill abandonment for expensive drugs in readmitted patients. The solution equipped providers to discuss affordable alternatives, addressing cost barriers directly. DrFirst's tools helped validate that price transparency and fill data could improve medication adherence and reduce readmission risks.

Magnolia Regional Health Center