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Medication Therapy Management in the Patient-Centered Medical Home


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The pharmacist has a natural and important role in patient medication reconciliation and review, explains Dr. Beth Chester, senior director of clinical pharmacy services and quality, Kaiser Permanente Colorado. She describes the dramatic impact that a pilot pharmacist intervention had on emergency department visits and mortality rates among patients just discharged from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) once the health plan's pharmacists stepped in to monitor medication therapy in this population. Dr. Chester detailed the roles of the physician practice's staff and the pharmacist in medication management, the use of technology and how financial incentives and reimbursement can play a role in improving medication compliance during the January 6, 2010 webinar, "Medication Therapy Management in the Patient-Centered Medical Home."
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