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As part of the PharmaCHIC program, CPESN Community Health partnered with the NCPA Innovations Center on a program aimed at improving brain health. Check out this article from the June issue of America’s Pharmacist magazine.

The Medications Optimizing Maternal Safety (MOMS) program offers vital support to pregnant patients through community pharmacies.

Community pharmacies are an untapped healthcare destination currently addressing non-medical drivers of health. However, all pharmacies are not the same, and choosing the right pharmacy by evaluating the workforce, quality, and infrastructure creates greater opportunities for sustainable, high-quality, holistic patient care.

Patients and other stakeholders need to be able to compare pharmacies based on standardized, transparent metrics with a measurement system to make informed decisions.

Realignment of product and service contracts through pharmacy network design will allow pharmacoequity value-based contracts to optimize patient care and provide equal access.

Tripp Logan, Pharm.D., champions differentiating pharmacies based on the services they provide and their capacity for care coordination as essential for the future of community pharmacy success.

Annie Eisenbeis, PharmD, MBA, showcased how Missouri’s Pharmacy Vaccine Gap Closure Program is transforming pharmacy-based immunization services through scalable workflows, team training, and a redefined role for pharmacy technicians as community health workers.

In Missouri, community health workers partnered with community pharmacists, CPESN, and others to develop a state-funded program to address vaccine gaps in local communities.

Pharmacies have long been perceived as commodities. Now, they’re a central tool for removing barriers to health care.

By moving into clinical services and becoming part of comprehensive care teams, community pharmacies can improve access to care and reduce health inequities.

Community health workers can be a vital component for pharmacies in enhancing vaccination rates. Featured article in NCPA’s America’s Pharmacist. Reprinted with permission.

The pharmacy industry is evolving at an unparalleled rate. Driven by innovations reshaping the way healthcare is delivered, ever-changing consumer preferences, and a growing focus on individualized care, the future of pharmacy is filled with exciting opportunities.

In an initiative to close vaccine gaps in local Missouri communities, pharmacists and community health workers proved essential.

Jake Galdo and Annie Eisenbeis discuss their vaccine gap closure program and the ability to utilize the model beyond vaccines.

Evidence indicates that up to 25% of all prescriptions for children could be dosed inappropriately, making it the most common type of medication administration error.

Community health workers (CHW) can add value to the pharmacy by addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) within their community, according to John (Jake) A. Galdo, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCGP, co-founder and chief executive officer,Seguridad, Inc, and CPESN Health Equity; and Christian Tadrus, RPh, PharmD, FASCP, NSC,Sam’s Health Mart Pharmacies; who spoke during a session titled Communicate, Assimilate, and Facilitate: Pharmacy Technician and Community Health Worker Roles Collide, at McKesson ideaShare 2023.

Tripp Logan, PharmD, vice president at SEMO Rx Pharmacies and Logan & Seiler Inc discusses how pharmacy staff and community health care workers can work together to address social determinants of health.

Community pharmacies are ideal locations to identify and recruit underrepresented patients for clinical trials.

Studies have shown that the presence of advanced pharmacy technicians in a pharmacy has a positive predictive validity to increased monthly immunizations.

Their expansive scope of services can ultimately help to elevate the work of the entire community pharmacy.