At a glance
The Pharmacists' Patient Care Process Approach: An Implementation Guide for Public Health Practitioners (Pharmacists' Patient Care Process Approach Guide) shares lessons from the Michigan Medicine Hypertension Pharmacists' Program (the Michigan Medicine Program).
Purpose
Involving pharmacists in patient care has been shown to improve long-term blood pressure control, and studies have found pharmacist and community health worker-led interventions show the greatest systolic blood pressure reductions.12
Evidence shows that many patients find community-based pharmacists to be some of the most accessible health care professionals and that these pharmacists can improve patient outcomes.345
The Pharmacists' Patient Care Process Approach Guide can help to control a patient's hypertension and improve other health outcomes.
Who should use this guide
The guide is for public health practitioners and health care professionals interested in implementing a hypertension pharmacists' program rooted in the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process Approach Guide.
The Pharmacists' Patient Care Process Approach Guide uses a team-based care approach that incorporates pharmacists into a multidisciplinary group to improve the quality of patient care. This approach is especially important for controlling hypertension because the condition is common and medication is the primary recommended treatment.
Additional resources
- CDC: Best Practices for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Programs
- Million Hearts®: Medication Adherence
- University of Michigan: Pharmacy Innovations & Partnerships
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- Mills, KT, O'Connell, S., Pan, M, Obst, K. Role of Health Care Professionals in the Success of Blood Pressure Control Interventions in Patients With Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis | Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
- Vordenberg SE, Lindell V, Sheerer K, et al. Improving hypertension control through a collaboration between an academic medical center and a chain community pharmacy. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2019;2(4):357–365.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A Program Guide for Public Health: Partnering with Pharmacists in the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases. US Department of Health and Human Services; 2012.
- Cranor CW, Bunting BA, Christensen DB. The Asheville Project: long-term clinical and economic outcomes of a community pharmacy diabetes care program. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2003;43(2):173–184.