Development of a Pharmacy Point-of-Dispensing Toolkit for Anthrax Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Allegheny County Postal Workers.

Context: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Postal Service (USPS) consider anthrax to be a potential threat to USPS workers. A county health department-owned pharmacy supports local USPS response in the event of an exposure. The pharmacy team identified the need to review and update the local anthrax response plan.

Flip the Pharmacy's impact on comprehensive medication management performance.

Background: Clinically integrated networks of community pharmacies are expanding partnerships with health care payers for sustainable provision of patient care services. The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network (PPCN), a part of CPESN USA, launched its first payer program in 2017 with a Medicaid managed care organization for comprehensive medication management (CMM). Some PPCN pharmacy teams have participated in Flip the Pharmacy, a national practice transformation initiative.

Pharmacist peer coaching in a traditional community chain pharmacy: Implementation and perceptions.

Objective: To determine pharmacists' perceptions of peer coaching techniques designed to enhance pharmacists' provision of targeted medication reviews for adherence in traditional chain community pharmacies.

Methods: A peer coaching method was designed and implemented by a community-based pharmacy resident. Pharmacies within a traditional community chain were selected from a region that spans parts of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.