Pharmacist-community-based organization collaboration to address health-related social needs.

Background: Community-based organizations (CBOs) help address community issues, including health-related social needs (HRSNs). Community pharmacies are positioned to collaborate with CBOs to help their patients identify and address HRSNs to optimize medication use.

Objectives: To develop and evaluate 2 models of community pharmacy-CBO collaboration to address HRSNs facing patients taking medications.

Hypertension-Focused Medication Therapy Management: A Collaborative Pilot Program Uniting Pharmacists, Public Health, and Health Insurers in Wisconsin.

Heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death and disability in the United States, and high blood pressure is a major risk factor for both. Community pharmacists are readily positioned to improve cardiovascular health through services such as medication therapy management and self-management education. In 2018, the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, and NeuGen, a not-for-profit health insurer, piloted a pharmacist-led medication therapy management program for people with hypertension in partnership with 8 community pharmacies.

Pharmacist-reported practice change as a result of a statewide community pharmacy accreditation program.

Objectives: To assess pharmacist-reported practice change as a result of participation in a community pharmacy accreditation program.

Setting: Community pharmacy practice in Wisconsin.

Practice Innovation: The Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative (WPQC) is a network of pharmacies and pharmacists who provide standardized pharmacy services.

The Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative--a team-based approach to optimizing medication therapy outcomes.

The Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative is an initiative of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, which connects community pharmacists with patients, physicians, and health plans to improve the quality and reduce the cost of medication use across Wisconsin. In 2012, the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin received a $4.1 million Health Care Innovation Award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to expand the Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative statewide.

Simulated medication therapy management activities in a pharmacotherapy laboratory course.

Objective: To measure the impact of medication therapy management (MTM) learning activities on students' confidence and intention to provide MTM using the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Design: An MTM curriculum combining lecture instruction and active-learning strategies was incorporated into a required pharmacotherapy laboratory course.

Assessment: A validated survey instrument was developed to evaluate student confidence and intent to engage in MTM services using the domains comprising the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Forging a novel provider and payer partnership in Wisconsin to compensate pharmacists for quality-driven pharmacy and medication therapy management services.

Objective: To describe the Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative (WPQC), a quality-based network of pharmacies and payers with the common goals of improving medication use and safety, reducing health care costs for payers and patients, and increasing professional recognition and compensation for pharmacist-provided services.

Setting: Wisconsin between 2006 and 2009.

Practice Description: Community (independent, chain, and health-system) pharmacies and private and public health care payers/purchasers with support from the McKesson Corporation.