Change State Laws to Support Pharmacists' Participation in Integrated Health Care Teams, Say Nation's Governors
Pharmacists can greatly improve patient outcomes and help reduce costs when participating in interdisciplinary health care teams.
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Pharmacists can greatly improve patient outcomes and help reduce costs when participating in interdisciplinary health care teams, states a
- Laws and regulations that guide collaborative practice agreements
- Recognition of pharmacists as health care providers to ensure compensation
- Pharmacists’ access to health information technology systems
The paper highlights Minnesota as one example of a state with regulations that support pharmacist-delivered services for chronically ill patients. In 2005, the state started covering medication therapy management for patients in Medicaid and state employee health programs. An evaluation of the initiative showed that participating pharmacists identified and resolved 587 drug therapy problems in the first year of the program.
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