Comments on: Medication Adherence: A Value Quadrant Opportunity? Part III http://www.thecollaborativeforum.com/129/thevaluequadrantofhealthcarereform/medication-adherence-a-value-quadrant-opportunity-part-iii/ Blogging to transform healthcare. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:34:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Randy Williams http://www.thecollaborativeforum.com/129/thevaluequadrantofhealthcarereform/medication-adherence-a-value-quadrant-opportunity-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Randy Williams Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:11:35 +0000 http://www.thecollaborativeforum.com/?p=129#comment-57 Amy, I agree with your insights and recommendations. In fact, NEHI's report does as well. There are great examples out there of well run, pharmacist based interventions for medication adherence and care coordination. The most prominent of those may be the Ashville Project. Medication Therapy Management programs hold great promise, and are included in Medicare Advantage healthplan and Part D plan design. I am not sure if there is a practicing pharmacist on the NEHI think tank, but based on the critical role that medication adherence plays in healthcare, I'd certainly support that. Collaborative care models need to incorporate the unique approaches and insights that the pharmacist community bring! Thanks for your comment and Keep Collaborating! Amy,
I agree with your insights and recommendations. In fact, NEHI’s report does as well. There are great examples out there of well run, pharmacist based interventions for medication adherence and care coordination. The most prominent of those may be the Ashville Project.

Medication Therapy Management programs hold great promise, and are included in Medicare Advantage healthplan and Part D plan design.

I am not sure if there is a practicing pharmacist on the NEHI think tank, but based on the critical role that medication adherence plays in healthcare, I’d certainly support that. Collaborative care models need to incorporate the unique approaches and insights that the pharmacist community bring!

Thanks for your comment and Keep Collaborating!

]]> By: Amy DeWein http://www.thecollaborativeforum.com/129/thevaluequadrantofhealthcarereform/medication-adherence-a-value-quadrant-opportunity-part-iii/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Amy DeWein Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:46:15 +0000 http://www.thecollaborativeforum.com/?p=129#comment-56 I think the use of pharmacists as care managers and risk mitigators can reduce the number of medication-related problems (and provide strategies for the other dimensions related) to patient nonadherence to medications and therefore, its direct impact to poorly controlled conditions. There is much evidence to support Medication Therapy Management (MTM) interventions; both targeted and comprehensive to remedy this problem. I would hope a practicing pharmacist is a part of the "think tank"; or expert panel on this subject. Addition of a pharmacist to the team, in addition to the $ incentives and technology improvements should be a strategy considered. Thanks, Amy DeWein, RPh, MHS, PharmD I think the use of pharmacists as care managers and risk mitigators can reduce the number of medication-related problems (and provide strategies for the other dimensions related) to patient nonadherence to medications and therefore, its direct impact to poorly controlled conditions. There is much evidence to support Medication Therapy Management (MTM) interventions; both targeted and comprehensive to remedy this problem. I would hope a practicing pharmacist is a part of the “think tank”; or expert panel on this subject. Addition of a pharmacist to the team, in addition to the $ incentives and technology improvements should be a strategy considered. Thanks,
Amy DeWein, RPh, MHS, PharmD

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