Employer-based patient-centered medication therapy management program: evidence and recommendations for future programs.

Objective: To evaluate a patient-centered employer-based medication therapy management (MTM) program.

Design: Randomized controlled study.

Setting: Health promotion program at the University of Michigan from June 2009 to December 2011.

Patient-centered medical home: developing, expanding, and sustaining a role for pharmacists.

Purpose: The development of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) health care model and the role of pharmacists in PCMHs at the University of Michigan are described.

Summary: In 2009, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) provided financial incentives to physician groups to implement PCMH principles. A partnership was formed among the department of pharmacy, college of pharmacy, and faculty group practice at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) to integrate clinical pharmacists into the PCMH model at eight general medicine practices.

Patient desire to be involved in medication treatment decisions.

Objectives: To identify unmet needs of patients taking medications for chronic health conditions and identify medication-related services that patients with chronic health conditions would desire.

Design: Descriptive, exploratory, nonexperimental study.

Setting: Large midwestern state in spring 2010.

Exploring patient experiences with prescription medicines to identify unmet patient needs: implications for research and practice.

Background: Pharmacy services are offered to patients, and often, they decline participation. Research is needed to better understand patients' unmet needs when taking prescribed medications.

Objective: To identify and characterize patients' unmet needs related to using prescribed medication for chronic conditions.

Integrating medication therapy management in the primary care medical home: A review of randomized controlled trials.

Purpose: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that evaluated the effect of medication therapy management (MTM) on patient outcomes in the primary care medical home were reviewed to determine how these services may be integrated into the primary care medical home.

Methods: A literature search was conducted to identify RCTS published between 1989 and 2009 that evaluated the impact of MTM services on patient outcomes. To qualify as MTM services, the interventions had to include both a review of medication therapy and patient interactions, including educating patients about drug therapy, identifying potential barriers to medication adherence, and helping patients manage their diseases.

Use, intentions, and beliefs about hormone replacement therapy in women with and without diabetes.

Objectives: (1) Describe women's (a) hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use patterns, (b) intentions to use or continue to use HRT among women in the early and late stages of menopause, and (c) beliefs about using HRT and (2) compare these beliefs, patterns, and intentions between women with and without diabetes 10-12 months after news from the women's health initiative was widely publicized.

Methods: A survey mailed to female enrollees of a not-for-profit managed care organization (MCO) between 46 and 60 years of age and with or without diabetes. Descriptive statistics were calculated.