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Patricia Donovan
Voice: 732.449.4468
Fax: 732.449.4463
E-mail: pdonovan@hin.com
Web site: www.hin.com
May 25, 2011 Webinar on Community Pharmacist Collaborations That Improve Medication Adherence Benchmarks
A two-pronged approach to community pharmacy visits is improving medication adherence rates for members of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Get the details during this May 25, 2011 webinar from the Healthcare Intelligence Network.
April 27, 2011
SEA GIRT, NJ, USA — The community pharmacist is doing a lot more than filling prescriptions these days. Highmark, the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy and Rite Aid pharmacies have colloborated to train community pharmacists to use motivational interviewing techniques with patients at risk of medication non-adherence. Learn how this patient-centered strategy has improved medication adherence rates for members of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield during Improving Medication Adherence Benchmarks Through Community Pharmacist Interventions, a 45-minute webinar on May 25, 2011.
Find out more about community pharmacist-based approaches to improve medication adherence.
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Scheduled Speaker: Janice Pringle, Ph.D, director of the program evaluation research unit at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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Conference Focus: The key elements of the screening tool to identify patients at risk;
Program interventions that address the key reasons that patients are non-adherent;
how to develop a collaborative relationship with pharmacists and prescribing physicians to improve adherence levels; and
cultural and organizational changes that must occur within community pharmacies to ensure the success of the program.
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Webinar Formats: 45-minute live webinar on May 25, 2011, including 15 minutes of live Q&A; "On-Demand" rebroadcast available May 27, 2011; 45-minute training DVD or CD-ROM with printed transcript available by June 17, 2011. Participants may add a DVD or CD to their live session registration to share with colleagues. Learn more about community pharmacist-based approaches to improve.
QUOTE ATTRIBUTABLE TO MELANIE MATTHEWS, HIN EXECUTIVE VP AND COO:
Click here for Melanie Matthews's profile.
"Many avoidable emergency room and hospital admissions occur simply because patients don't understand how to take their medication. The community pharmacist is the first line of defense in improving compliance with prescribed medication. In our 2010 Medication Adherence survey, 35 percent of respondents said the pharmacist had primary contact with patients for the purposes of improving medication adherence, and 69 percent include a pharmacist on their medication adherence teams."
Please contact Patricia Donovan to arrange an interview or to obtain additional quotes.
About the Healthcare Intelligence Network — HIN is the premier advisory service for executives seeking high-quality strategic information on the business of healthcare. For more information, contact the Healthcare Intelligence Network, PO Box 1442, Wall Township, NJ 07719-1442, (888) 446-3530, fax (732) 449-4463, e-mail info@hin.com, or visit http://www.hin.com.
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