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School of pharmacy-based medication therapy management program: development and initial experience
Annie Lam1, Peggy Soule Odegard, Jacqueline Gardner
1School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. aylam@u.washington.edu
Objective:
To describe a school of pharmacy-community pharmacy collaborative model for medication therapy management (MTM) service and training.
Setting:
University of Washington (UW) School of Pharmacy (Seattle), from July to December 2008.
Practice Description:
MTM services and training.
Practice Innovation:
A campus-based MTM pharmacy was established for teaching, practice, and collaboration with community pharmacies to provide comprehensive medication reviews (CMRs) and MTM training.
Main Outcome Measures:
Number of collaborating pharmacies, number of patients contacted, number of CMRs conducted, and estimated cost avoidance (ECA).
Results:
UW Pharmacy Cares was licensed as a Class A pharmacy (nondispensing) and signed "business associate" agreements with six community pharmacies. During July to December 2008, 10 faculty pharmacists completed training and 5 provided CMR services to 17 patients (5 telephonic and 12 face-to-face interviews). A total of 67 claims (17 CMRs and 50 CMR-generated claims) were submitted for reimbursement of $1,642 ($96.58/CMR case). Total ECA was $54,250, averaging $3,191.19 per patient. Seven student pharmacists gained CMR interview training.
Conclusion:
Interest in collaboration by community pharmacies was lower than expected; however, the campus-community practice model addressed unmet patient care needs, reduced outstanding MTM CMR case loads, increased ECA, and facilitated faculty development and training of student pharmacists.
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