Not More Meds, But the Right Meds at Clarest Health

Many people are dealing with a medication mess. They get prescriptions from different specialties (neurology, cardiology, etc.), who are busy and can’t always check for contraindications or adverse effects. The patient then picks up drugs at different pharmacies and uses different payment methods, so that neither pharmacies nor payers know the patient fully. No one tracks the patient as they move to a hospital, rehab, etc. This fragmented approach not only leads to confusion but also increases the risk of preventable medication errors, hospital readmissions, and poor health outcomes.

Clarest Health pulls together all the information on a patient to provide medication management, including risk assessment and stratification along with guidelines for intervention. The company has a comprehensive program ranging from a pharmacy to long-term care management.  Clarest Health’s approach is unique in that it not only consolidates patient medication information but also integrates a proactive, risk-based intervention strategy—helping both patients and providers make informed decisions before complications arise.

In this video, CEO Hammad Shah lays out the three key goals for medication management: achieving compliance (or adherence), eliminating ineffective drugs, and warning about adverse effects. He goes so far as to aim toward being a “patient advocate.”

Clarest Health’s MTMPath system takes patient information, notably medical codes and prescriptions, and uses them to direct live interviews to get a complete view of the patient and their medication use. It identifies the patients who are most at risk of non-adherence or adverse effects, and helps clinicians choose the most important interventions. Plus, MTMPath does more than aggregate patient data—it turns it into actionable insights. By leveraging medical codes, prescription histories, and real-time patient interviews, it pinpoints high-risk individuals and guides interventions that improve adherence and outcomes.

Shah also discusses value-based care, which he prefers to fee for service because it overcomes many of the “transactional” aspects of clinical and pharmacological practice.  Check out our interview with Shah from Clarest Health to learn more about medication management.

Learn more about Clarest Health: https://clarest.com/

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