Map Details: Blood Pressure Medication Nonadherence and Proximity to Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services, Aged 65+

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Impact Statement

This map highlights disparities in blood pressure medication nonadherence across Minnesota communities. Pharmacists credentialed to provide medication therapy management (MTM) services are also shown, highlighting key non-physician providers who are uniquely prepared to support people in taking their medications as prescribed.

This map displays the percentage of Minnesotans aged 65 and older who are nonadherent to their blood pressure medications. In 2013, the highest levels of nonadherence--21.8 percent to 38.1 percent--are scattered throughout the state, with clusters in the inner Twin Cities, rural and exurban areas to the north of the Twin Cities, and scattered pockets in rural sections of southwestern, west central, and northwestern Minnesota. The lowest levels of nonadherence--13.3 percent to 17.2 percent--are scattered throughout rural parts of Minnesota. Retail and clinic-based pharmacies with at least one pharmacist credentialed to provide medication therapy management services are denoted with green dots.
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Major Findings 

Minnesota counties with the highest transport times for stroke in 2014 did not have a designated stroke hospital.

How the map will be used, or has been used

Understanding transport times by EMS is important for targeting strategies to improve patient outcomes for stroke based on the prehospital phase of treatment and transport.