杰克逊免费诊所的患者援助计划委员会:讨论需求,设计和实施
Gregory R Vance1, Johnny Yang1, Nickhil Rugnath1
1University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine; Jackson, MS.
Innovations in pharmacy
|October 13, 2025
概括
学生经营的免费诊所可以通过建立患者援助计划 (PAP) 来改善患者护理和药物坚持. 这些计划帮助弱势群体购买必要的药物,减少医疗保健障碍.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 制药政策 制药政策
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 高昂的药物成本对服务不足的人群构成重大障碍,特别是那些通过学生经营的免费诊所 (SRFC) 获得护理的人群.
- 患者援助计划 (PAP) 通过向面临财务限制的患者提供免费药物,提供了一个至关重要的解决方案.
- 由于靠近弱势患者群体和获得培训医疗保健专业人员的机会,SRFC在实施PAP方面处于独特的地位.
研究的目的:
- 评估杰克逊免费诊所 (JFC) 新成立的以学生为导向的患者援助计划 (PAP) 委员会的实施和影响.
- 评估PAP在密西西比州为弱势群体服务的SRFC环境中提高效率,药物坚持和整体患者护理的潜力.
主要方法:
- 在JFC设立一个专门的PAP委员会,负责管理患者招生,药物跟踪和发行.
- 制定一个有组织的PAP表格,一致的组织结构,以及委员会培训的全面书面手册.
- 利用诊所独特的地位为有记录的医疗保健指标挑战的人口提供服务.
主要成果:
- PAP委员会实施证明了结构化组织的价值,包括表单和培训指南,增强成员的学习环境.
- 预期的好处包括减少医疗和药房团队的工作量,增加PAP入学率,改善药物坚持,减少患者等待时间.
- 区域SRFC报告了与实施PAP相关的临床和成本效益,特别是委员会主导的倡议.
结论:
- 在JFC开发一个由学生驱动的PAP委员会显示了改善患者护理和药物获取在资源有限的环境中的希望.
- 结构化的方法,包括表单和培训材料,为其他SRFC提供了可复制的模型.
- 需要进一步的研究和开发,以充分调查所采用的新方法及其对患者结果的更广泛影响.
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