Pharmacist Role in Addressing Social Determinants of Health during COVID-19
By: Sabree Burbage & Jordana Levitt COVID-19 continues to have a devastating impact on our economy, our healthcare system, and the well-being of our citizens. It has become increasingly apparent that COVID-19 not only strains the existing healthcare infrastructure, … Read more
Remote Delivery of Comprehensive Medication Management Services – An Interview with the Clinical Pharmacists
By: Emily Ruiz Escobar Clinical pharmacists, Dr. Jeremy Thomas and Dr. Alyssa Lee, are currently providing Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) services via telehealth to patients with diabetes in eight clinics in rural and underserved areas of North Carolina and Arkansas. … Read more
Expanding Medication Optimization Into Patient Homes
Rural populations report significantly poorer healthcare quality, partly due to limited healthcare resources, including pharmacy services[1]. COVID19 further exacerbated this access gap, highlighting an even greater need to protect vulnerable patients with multiple comorbidities. Telemedicine has been identified as an … Read more