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Workforce Assessment of VA Home-Based Primary Care Pharmacists
Lori A Luoma1, Vanessa K Morales1, Ashley N Castelvecchi1
1is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Home-Based Primary Care at VA Montana Health Care in Great Falls. is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Home-Based Primary Care at South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio. is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Home-Based Primary Care at William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. was a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Home-Based Primary Care at New Mexico VA Health Care System in Las Vegas at the time the article was written. is Chief of Pharmacy Service at Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VAMC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. is the National PBM Program Manager of Clinical Pharmacy Practice Policy and Standards, and is Assistant Chief Consultant for Clinical Pharmacy Services and Healthcare Services Research at VA Clinical Pharmacy Practice Office in Pharmacy Benefits.
Abstract:
The majority of clinical pharmacy specialists are using global scopes of practice, which allow more autonomy to provide direct patient care and comprehensive medication management services to home-based primary care veterans.
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