Expansion of Coverage for Continuous Glucose Monitors Creates Opportunities for Real-world Evidence Generation
By Kathryn Fuller Diabetes Increases Cardiovascular Risk In the United States, approximately 34.2 million people of all ages have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and the prevalence of this diagnosis continues to increase annually. Patients who achieve glucose control have a lower risk of … Read more
Increasing Access to Screening and Support in Community Pharmacies Could Help Address the Mental Health Crisis in America
By: Chloe Richard The importance of addressing mental health has grown increasingly evident as more people report negative mental health symptoms in recent years. In 2017-2018, 19% of adults experienced symptoms of a mental illness, over 1.5 million more … Read more
Selecting Innovative, Patient-Centered Interventions for the Community Pharmacy Setting: A Four Step Process
Through the Community-based Value-driven Care Initiative (CVCI), the Center for Medication Optimization is working to explore and evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of four patient-centered, quality-driven care interventions delivered in community pharmacies. But first, the four innovative clinical interventions had … Read more
First of Its Kind Questionnaire Available to Measure Implementation Outcomes in Pharmacy
Imagine that you are charged with implementing a new service for your patients. One of your top priorities is ensuring the service is delivered in a way that all of your patients can fully benefit. To optimize its impact, you … Read more
Providing Patient-Centered, Quality-Driven Care in Community Pharmacies
By: Melanie Livet, Tashani Gaskins, and Chloe Richard One of the most pressing challenges confronting the United States (US) healthcare system is delivering high-value, effective clinical interventions that improve health outcomes for patients. There has been a recent … Read more
Prescription Drug Importation as a Means to Reduce Costs
Author: Ben Penley Per capita, prescription drug costs in the US are the highest among all countries.1 High costs have a direct impact on access: 79% of patients find prescription drug costs unreasonable and 25% have difficulty affording their medications.2,3 Barriers … Read more
Ready? Set. Go! How can you get ready to implement your pharmacy initiative?
Have you ever had trouble implementing a new initiative into your practice? Have you tried delivering a new service, but it was not as successful as you had hoped? If this situation seems familiar to you, you are not alone. … Read more
Implementation science is vital to the success of Slice of PIE
“What does implementation science (IS) have to do with PIE?” We’re so glad you asked! Though it has less to do with the delicious culinary creation than one might like, it will be vital to the success of the Slice … Read more
A value-based program between health plan and pharmacy practitioners
What is the program? UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and HealthPartners have formed a partnership to facilitate a learning and action collaborative around the delivery of medication therapy management (MTM) services for HealthPartners Partners in … Read more
With coronavirus pandemic complexity abounds, solutions are on the horizon.
By: Drew Stenger and Jon Easter, RPh Long before the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading across the globe, the U.S. was already facing an epidemic in healthcare that was spreading, costly, and ultimately unsustainable relative to healthcare spending. That … Read more