Pharmacy technician involvement in community pharmacy medication therapy management.

Objectives: To assess the impact of technician involvement on the completion of medication therapy management (MTM) services in a community pharmacy setting and to describe pharmacists' and technicians' perceptions of technician involvement in MTM-related tasks and their satisfaction with the technician's role in MTM.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Setting And Participants: In the fall of 2015, pharmacists and selected technicians from 32 grocery store-based community pharmacies were trained to use technicians within MTM services.

A structured patient identification model for medication therapy management services in a community pharmacy.

Objectives: To describe the development and implementation of a structured patient identification model for medication therapy management (MTM) services within traditional dispensing activities of a community pharmacy to facilitate pharmacist-provided completion of MTM services.

Design: A daily clinical opportunity report was developed as a structured model to identify MTM opportunities daily for all MTM-eligible patients expecting to pick up a prescription. Pharmacy staff was trained and the standardized model was implemented at study sites.

Impact of interprofessional activities on health professions students' knowledge of community pharmacists' role and services.

Objectives: To determine the impact of health professions students' participation in interprofessional activities on their knowledge of the roles of community pharmacists and community pharmacist-provided services.

Methods: Students at the Medical University of South Carolina were surveyed via a self-administered online survey tool to determine their participation in interprofessional activities as well as their knowledge of the role of community pharmacists and community pharmacist-provided services.

Results: Over 600 students completed the survey instrument.

Assessing Ohio grocery store patrons' perceptions of a comprehensive medication review.

Objective: To assess grocery store patrons' perceptions of a comprehensive medication review (CMR) compared with traditional prescription medication counseling.

Design: Self-administered survey.

Setting: Eight central Ohio grocery stores during January through April 2007.

Use of community pharmacy-provided diabetes services to aid physicians in the National Committee for Quality Assurance recognition program.

Background: Pay-for-performance (P4P) models are being adopted by many health care payers, including Medicare, for payment of physician services. To receive financial incentives in P4P programs, physicians are encouraged to attain recognition or credentialing from an agency, such as the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

Objective: To explore the potential roles of a community pharmacy-provided diabetes services in collaboration with physicians and to assist them in becoming acknowledged by the NCQA Diabetes Physician Recognition Program.