Engaging with In-need Rural Patient Populations through Public Health Partnerships.
Engaging with In-need Rural Patient Populations through Public Health Partnerships.
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DOI：
10.24926/iip.v9i2.1055
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
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Thompson, Megan
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作者：
Nuffer, Wes;Trujillo, Tara;Thompson, Megan
在州医疗保险区域护理协作组织（RCCO）、州卫生部、一所药学院和位于科罗拉多农村的三个社区药房之间建立了公共卫生伙伴关系，以优化利用每个药房提供的免费公共卫生服务。科罗拉多大学全年分配四年级药学专业的学生，以支持RCCO为三个农村城镇的患者提供的疾病管理和药物治疗管理（MTM）服务。药学院的教师审查了RCCO提供的数据，以确定哪些患者可以从MTM或疾病状态管理（DSM）服务中受益。这些患者被联系并鼓励利用这些免费的基于药房的服务。此外，在这些人群中进行了一些有针对性的干预措施，以优化他们的健康。协调一致的努力，以改善这些药房网站和合作医疗办公室之间的信息流和沟通。此外，药学专业的学生成功地融入了医疗办公室，与这些社区的医疗服务提供者一起工作。这份手稿描述了该项目的实施和协调，以及这些药店对他们所服务的社区的影响。
A public health partnership was established between a state Medicare Regional Care Collaborative Organization (RCCO), the state health department, a pharmacy school and three community pharmacies located in rural Colorado to optimize the utilization of a free public health service provided through each pharmacy. Fourth-year pharmacy students were allocated year-round by the University of Colorado to support disease management and medication therapy management (MTM) services offered to patients in three rural towns served by the RCCO. Faculty from the school of pharmacy reviewed data provided by the RCCO to identify patients who could benefit from MTM or disease state management (DSM) services. These patients were contacted and encouraged to take advantage of these free pharmacy-based services. Additionally, a number of targeted interventions were performed within these populations to optimize their health. Concerted efforts were made to improve information flow and communication between these pharmacy sites and partnering medical offices. Additionally, pharmacy students were successfully integrated in to medical offices to work alongside medical providers in these communities. This manuscript describes the implementation and coordination of this project as well as the impact these pharmacies had on the communities they served.