US Pharmacists' Effect as Team Members on Patient Care

Abstract

Pharmacist-provided direct patient care has favorable effects across various patient outcomes, health care settings, and disease states. Incorporating pharmacists as health care team members in direct patient care is a viable solution to help improve US health care.

Pharmacy Students Teaching Prescribers Strategies to Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Underserved Patients

“…In addition, the issue of cost-related nonadherence is not routinely addressed during patient encounters. 4,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] This study demonstrated that a single lecture given by pharmacy students to other health care professional students and current prescribers can improve knowledge of prescription drug cost-containment strategies targeting vulnerable patient populations and can increase the likelihood of collaboration between prescribers and pharmacists. While future studies should determine if this intervention changes clinical practice and reduces patients' actual OOP prescription drug costs, these results show that this lecture format is an efficient way to disseminate important and timely information to health care professionals as they begin to practice in the new health care delivery models outlined in health care reform.…”

“…As experts in prescription drug selection, use, and cost, pharmacists are in a unique position to help manage patients' prescription drug therapy to achieve maximal therapeutic benefit while keeping patients' OOP prescription drug costs low. 11 Prior research has shown that Medicare Part D lectures delivered by trained pharmacy students led to a statistically • Passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 has put an increased focus on the need for health policy education in health professional schools. This lecture provides a timely and efficient method of communicating health policy information between professionals.…”

“…6 Even if the provider is aware of the prescription costs, the skill of helping patients manage OOP prescription drug costs is not consistently taught in health professional educational programs and is not routinely addressed during patient encounters. 4,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] While a more informed, cost-conscious health care workforce is one step toward improvement in patient adherence with prescription drug therapy, recent health policy legislation is changing the way the health care workforce engages patients. Medical institutions have attempted to keep pace so that future health care providers are prepared and can effectively adapt to the evolving changes in health policy.…”

Report of the 2013-2014 AACP Standing Committee on Advocacy: Improving Advocacy through the Use of Implementation Science Concepts and Frameworks

“…A technical package of a limited number of highpriority, evidence-based interventions that together will have a major impact: Positive clinical evidence of medication therapy management (MTM) with respect to Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) and Employer-based Pharmacist/Ambulist (EBPA) have been demonstrated and supports pharmacists in various interprofessional and collaborative team-based care roles. 26,27 Significant improvements in therapeutic and safety outcomes, such as hemoglobin A1c, LDL cholesterol, blood pressure, and adverse drug events, further supports the effectiveness of pharmacist in team-based patient care. 28 Thus, the technical package involves specific activities related to MTM delivered thorough PCMH and EBPA.…”

A contribuição do farmacêutico para a promoção do acesso e uso racional de medicamentos essenciais no SUS

“…Several studies have shown that the insertion of the pharmacist in the multidisciplinary team results in more cost-effective outcomes, but most of these studies were directed to the study of specific public, disease or situation [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] .…”