Effect of an Innovative Immunization Practice Model to Improve Population Health: Results of the Project IMPACT Immunizations Scaled Demonstration.

U.S. adult vaccination rates remain low.

Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Led Telephonic Medication Therapy Management Program in Rural Arizona: Implications for Community Health Practice.

This study evaluated a pharmacist-led telephonic Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program for rural patients in Arizona with poor access to healthcare services. A pharmacist provided telephonic MTM services to eligible adult patients living in rural Arizona communities with a diagnosis of diabetes and/or hypertension. Data were collected and summarized descriptively for demographic and health conditions, clinical values, and medication-related problems (MRPs) at the initial consultation, and follow-up data collected at 1 and 3 months.

Assessing the Impact of an Advanced Clinical Decision Support System on Medication Safety and Hospital Readmissions in an Innovative Transitional Care Model: A Pilot Study.

(1) Background: Adverse drug events and inappropriate use of medications lead to hospitalizations, medication-related morbidity, and mortality. This study examined whether a novel medication risk prediction tool, the MedWise Risk Score™, was associated with medication safety-related problem (MRP) identification and whether integration into an existing innovative transitions of care (TOC) service could decrease readmissions. (2) Methods: This retrospective comparator group study assessed patients discharged from a hospital in southern Arizona between January and December 2020.

Assessment of Glycosylated Hemoglobin Outcomes Following an Enhanced Medication Therapy Management Service via Telehealth.

(1) Background: Regular contact with a medication therapy management (MTM) pharmacist is shown to improve patients' understanding of their condition; however, continued demonstration of the value of a pharmacist delivered comprehensive medication review (CMR) using enhanced MTM services via telehealth is needed. The study aimed to describe a pilot program designed to improve type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) management through enhanced condition specific MTM services. (2) Methods: This retrospective study included patients with T2DM aged 40-75 years who received a pharmacist-delivered CMR between January and December 2018.

Evaluating the role and value of a clinical pharmacist in a concierge primary care clinic.

Objective: To understand the perceived role and value of the clinical pharmacist in a southern Arizona concierge primary care practice (CPCP) by employees.

Methods: Semistructured face-to-face interviews were conducted with health care team members employed by the CPCP site in December 2019 and January 2020 for this study. The interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and thematically analyzed using an inductive approach with ATLAS.

Perceptions and experiences of promotoras and pharmacists in an academic-community partnership providing telephonic MTM services to a Spanish-speaking, rural population: a focus group study.

The literature is limited concerning the collaboration between pharmacists and promotoras in the delivery of medication therapy management (MTM) services. Yet, this information could help address a practice gap while improving MTM collaborative care approaches. To identify the knowledge, attitudes, and barriers of clinical call center health professionals (pharmacists, nurses, pharmacy interns) and promotoras towards MTM collaborative care in implementing the Rural Arizona Medication Therapy Management (RAzMTM) program.

A Research Partnership to Enhance Postgraduate Pharmacy Residency Training Outcomes.

Pharmacy residents must complete research as part of their program; however, challenges exist in providing experiences that result in successful research dissemination outcomes. A university-based research team, integrated into an ambulatory care pharmacy residency program aimed to improve presentation and publication rates of pharmacy resident research projects. Data on the number of postgraduate year-2 (PGY2) residents and their productivity were collected and summarized to assess progress.

Evaluating provider acceptance of pharmacist interventions in the Discharge Companion Program and its association with readmission reduction.

Objective: To evaluate provider acceptance of pharmacist interventions within the Discharge Companion Program (DCP) and its association with hospital readmissions.

Methods: This retrospective record review included patients referred to the DCP between January and October 2018. DCP pharmacists' interventions were assessed for provider acceptance on follow-up consultation or readmission.

Assessing the Effect of a Telepharmacist's Recommendations During an Integrated, Interprofessional Telehealth Appointment and Their Alignment with Quality Measures.

Background: A growing provider shortage contributes to the widening gap in significant disparities that rural communities face. To expand access to care for rural-dwelling patients with epilepsy, a national nonprofit organization initiated an integrated, interprofessional telehealth program.

Objective: To identify gaps in care based on a telepharmacist's recommendations and determine whether these recommendations aligned with Health Effectiveness Data Information Set (HEDIS) performance measures.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Clinical Pharmacy Consultations on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Sleep in Improving Patient-Reported Psychiatric Outcomes for Individuals with Mental Illnesses.

One fifth of U.S. adults have a current mental illness.

Attitudes toward and factors affecting implementation of medication therapy management services by community pharmacists.

Objective: To compare the attitudes of community pharmacy managers who did and did not contract with Mirixa to provide Medicare Part D medication therapy management (MTM) services in 2006.

Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Setting: United States in 2006.