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Medication synchronization adoption and pharmacy performance.

Chelsea P Renfro¹, Kea Turner², Joshua Seeto³

¹Department Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN, USA.

Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy : RSAP

|November 25, 2020

Summary

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Medication synchronization programs in community pharmacies are common but do not significantly improve overall pharmacy performance. Further research is needed to understand how effective implementation impacts adherence for all patients.

Keywords:

Community pharmacy Medication adherence Medication synchronization Pharmacist services Service development and implementation

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Area of Science:

Pharmacy Practice
Health Services Research
Medication Adherence

Background:

Medication synchronization programs are increasingly adopted in community pharmacies.
Existing research focuses on patient-level adherence, not pharmacy performance.
Understanding the impact on pharmacy performance is crucial for resource allocation and quality assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify pharmacy characteristics linked to medication synchronization adoption.
To assess the association between medication synchronization and pharmacy-level adherence and utilization measures.

Main Methods:

Cross-sectional study design.
Included community pharmacies from the North Carolina Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (NC CPESN℠).
Pharmacy performance measured by seven risk-adjusted adherence and utilization metrics; med sync adoption was a binary variable.

Main Results:

155 pharmacies were included in the analysis (59.7% response rate).
Pharmacies offering medication synchronization were more likely to have a clinical pharmacist (p=0.019).
Medication synchronization adoption was not significantly associated with overall pharmacy adherence performance (p=0.371).

Conclusions:

Medication synchronization may improve individual patient adherence but not necessarily overall pharmacy performance.
Further investigation into effective implementation strategies is required.
The link between medication synchronization and system-level adherence gains needs more research.