Integrating Community Pharmacists into a Patient Centered Medical Home to Improve Outcomes for Patients with Hypertension

Summary

It is possible to integrate free-standing community pharmacists into the Primary Care Medical Home Team. Additional access to a health care provider, for more frequent blood pressure monitoring and education among those whose blood pressure is not well controlled, was associated with meaningful reductions in ER and unscheduled clinic visits.

DATE PUBLISHED

June 15, 2015

FORMAT

Poster

AUTHORS

Donald Klepser, Allison Dering-Anderson, Michael Taitel, Julie Oestreich, Erene Strouboulos, Kristi Rudkin