OBJECTIVE To describe innovative programs within the Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy Department in the Colorado Region. SETTING One of eight regions of the nation's largest nonprofit health maintenance organization. PRACTICE DESCRIPTION The pharmacy department comprises two services, Clinical Pharmacy Services and Pharmacy Operations/Support Services, which are integrated to provide comprehensiv...

BACKGROUND Value-based insurance design attempts to align drug copayment tier with value rather than cost. Previous implementations of value-based insurance design have lowered copayments for drugs indicated for select "high value" conditions and have found modest improvements in medication adherence. However, these implementations have generally not resulted in cost savings to the health plan,...

• The TPG-National Payor Roundtable (TPG-NPRT) focuses on market access programs within the United States and is a subsidiary of The Pharmacy Group. • The JeSTARx Group provides evidence-based research and support to the Healthcare Industry. • The TPG-NPRT maintains a proprietary database of Chief Medical Officers, Chief Pharmacy Officers and other key decision makers from health plans in the U...

Pharmacy practice leaders in hospitals and health systems have a distinguished history of advancing health-system pharmacy practice beyond the minimum required by law, regulation, and accreditation. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) supports those efforts by developing and disseminating a comprehensive body of evidence-based, peer-reviewed descriptions of best practices i...

The aim of this study was to provide a clinical pharmacy education program at Masih Daneshvari hospital, a University affiliated hospital, located in Tehran, Iran. For this purpose, the most common pharmacist involved interventions and aspects of potential fields for pharmacy students and residents education was firstly identified. Clinical pharmacy interventions and drug information forms were...

BACKGROUND Pharmacists are the most reachable healthcare professionals to many chronically ill patients. It has been found that pharmacists see patients with diabetes up to five times more often than any other healthcare provider. Therefore, to provide quality health care to patients it is important that they have appropriate knowledge and practice on diabetes mellitus management. Thus, this st...

background: the principles of pharmaceutical care are embedded in the concept of good pharmacy practice (gpp). gpp is poorly applied in community pharmacies not only in asian countries, but even in united states and europe. the present study was undertaken to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of the community pharmacists in iran, regarding gpp. methods: a total of 794 pharmacists we...

Geriatric Pharmacy Education: A Strategic Plan for the Future Peggy S. Odegard, PharmD, Robert M. Breslow, BS, Michael J. Koronkowski, PharmD, Bradley R. Williams, PharmD, and Gayle A. Hudgins, PharmD American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Geriatric Special Interest Group School of Pharmacy, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin Madison College of Pharmacy, ...