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OBJECTIVES To identify factors that have led to successful involvement of pharmacists in patient-centered medical home (PCMH) practices, identify challenges and suggested solutions for pharmacists involved in medical home practices, and disseminate findings. DATA SOURCES In July 2011, the...

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OBJECTIVE To describe the types of services provided at primary community pharmacy residency program (CPRP) sites and the levels of intensity devoted to different levels of patient care. DESIGN Descriptive nonexperimental study. SETTING United States during May and June 2012....

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OBJECTIVE To develop consensus recommendations that provide principles and strategies for effectively implementing health care system changes, including an optimized role for pharmacists to engage in team-based, patient-centered care. DATA SOURCES An interdisciplinary group of stakeholders representing 12...

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OBJECTIVES To summarize the published literature on existing three-dimensional (3D) printing (3DP) technologies for pharmaceutical manufacturing, describe the limitations of the 3DP process, and highlight the potential of these technologies in pharmacy practice. DATA SOURCES A structured search of...

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OBJECTIVES To describe the creation of a health avatar, with the goals of providing patients with complete health information from various sources, establishing an interactive and customizable platform, empowering users to determine how the health information best fits or speaks...

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OBJECTIVES To describe a potential future role of the community pharmacist in public health using virtual centers that provide immediate feedback to patients regarding behavior changes. SUMMARY Community pharmacists would provide a comprehensive standardized patient-centered interview to collect pertinent...

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OBJECTIVES To introduce an innovative clinical service that can be used to reduce medication errors and improve quality of care in the rural environment, in order to assist in eliminating or alleviating disparities in health based on geographical location. SUMMARY...

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OBJECTIVE To describe a mechanism by which pharmacists could create a disruptive innovation to provide professional primary care services via a Web-based delivery model. SUMMARY Several obstacles have prevented pharmacists from using available technology to develop business models that...

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OBJECTIVES To provide an overview of medication adherence, discuss the potential for smartphone medication adherence applications (adherence apps) to improve medication nonadherence, evaluate features of adherence apps across operating systems (OSs), and identify future opportunities and barriers facing adherence apps....

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OBJECTIVE To measure the impact of an automated outbound telephone messaging system on herpes zoster (HZ) vaccinations among older adults in the community pharmacy setting. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING 16 grocery store chain community pharmacies in Georgia and Tennessee,...

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OBJECTIVE To describe a Web-based drug information service provided by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to increase the reach of Drug Safety Communications to pharmacists and other health professionals. SETTING The Division of Drug Information (DDI) within the...

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OBJECTIVES To compare penultimate-year (next-to-last) and final-year student pharmacists' perceptions of the educational value of community pharmacy residency programs (CPRPs) and to compare student pharmacists' perceptions of the educational value of CPRPs and health-system residency...

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OBJECTIVES To measure adherence in older adults with the use of a novel visual scale screening tool and to compare this adherence measurement with other adherence measures. DESIGN Noncontrolled prospective intervention trial. SETTING Geriatric psychiatry clinic in North Carolina between...

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OBJECTIVES To summarize the problem of vitamin D inadequacy in the United States and discuss how pharmacists can help improve vitamin D status in the population. SUMMARY Vitamin D inadequacy has proven skeletal health effects and potential effects on other...