SafeMed: Using pharmacy technicians in a novel role as community health workers to improve transitions of care

Bailey, James E.; Surbhi, Satya; Bell, Paula C.; Jones, Angel M.; Rashed, Sahar M.; Ugwueke, Michael O.

doi:10.1016/j.japh.2015.11.011

Cited by 45 publications

(43 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…There are many studies in USA, NZ and UK that support such roles as tech-checktech, medication reconciliation, clinical pharmacy technician, community health worker and accuracy checking technician(ACT). 6,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] .…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Untitled

2017

IJPSR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Untitled

2017

IJPSR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…However, after extensive program improvement efforts, there was a significant improvement in the intervention completion rates. 60 Providing interventions to high-risk patient population is challenging and it is difficult to achieve full program potential as anticipated in a real-world setting.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…60 The program included comprehensive targeted interventions to improve adherence to safe and effective medications among publicly insured (Medicare, Medicaid, or dually eligible), super-utilizers who were admitted to three hospitals that were part of a non-profit hospital system in Memphis, TN from February 1, 2013 to May 1, 2015. The program enrollment occurred during an inpatient admission or an observation stay, after which the patients agreeing to participate were provided the various intervention services for a minimum of 45 days.…”

Section: Safemed Program: a Care Transitions Program With A Focus On mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This study was an evaluation of the SafeMed Program, an innovative care transitions program targeting super-utilizers with a major focus on medication management. 60 Pharmacist-led interventions as part of the SafeMed Program included the following: comprehensive medication review (CMR), targeted medication therapy management (MTM), enhanced discharge planning, home visits, phone follow-ups, medication reconciliation during discharge and post-discharge, and care coordination with patient's physicians. 13 The objective of this study was to examine the impact of the SafeMed Program on medication utilization and adherence among a vulnerable, publicly insured, super-utilizing cohort of patients admitted to a local hospital system in Memphis, TN.…”

Section: Chapter 4 Effect Of a Care Transitions Program On Medicatiomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The SafeMed program targeted publicly insured super-utilizers with chronic conditions from medically underserved areas admitted to a non-profit hospital system in Memphis, TN from February 1, 2013 to May 1, 2015. 60 We analyzed Medicare and Tennessee Medicaid claims data for this study. We had Tennessee Medicaid claims data for beneficiaries meeting the SafeMed Program eligibility criteria for the entire program duration-from February 1, 2013 to May 1, 2015.…”

Section: Design and Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Medication Nonadherence, Health Care Utilization, and SafeMed Care Transitions Model Impact in Super-Utilizers

Surbhi¹

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Best practices: Incorporating pharmacy technicians and other support personnel into the clinical pharmacist's process of care

Borchert

Phillips

Bastin

et al. 2018

J Am Coll Clin Pharm

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Changes to the U.S. health care landscape have increased the focus on the quality and use of alternative payment models, with a growing focus on value. As health care costs continue to rise, clinical pharmacists will increasingly engage in roles to expand the breadth and depth of clinical services in providing comprehensive medication management (CMM) to improve patient outcomes. The roles of pharmacy technicians and other support personnel must evolve to meet the needs created by this practice change and allow pharmacists to focus their services on activities that use their expertise to improve medication outcomes. Support personnel, including pharmacy technicians, should be identified to assist with clinical pharmacy tasks on the basis of their skills. To ensure competence, support personnel should be adequately trained and (if applicable) certified. Moreover, support personnel should be optimally incorporated into appropriate components of the clinical pharmacist's process of care to expand the reach and depth of clinical pharmacy services. When supervised by the pharmacist or others as defined in state practice acts, support personnel may be able to assist in the clinical pharmacist's provision of CMM. Finally, research should be conducted and disseminated on the utility and outcomes achieved using support personnel in the clinical pharmacist's process of care.

show abstract

SafeMed: Using pharmacy technicians in a novel role as community health workers to improve transitions of care

Cited by 45 publications

References 19 publications

Untitled

Untitled

Medication Nonadherence, Health Care Utilization, and SafeMed Care Transitions Model Impact in Super-Utilizers

Best practices: Incorporating pharmacy technicians and other support personnel into the clinical pharmacist's process of care

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About