{"id":85717,"date":"2013-11-05T07:30:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T12:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=85717"},"modified":"2015-10-20T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T16:40:53","slug":"making-pharmacists-part-of-the-primary-care-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/11\/making-pharmacists-part-of-the-primary-care-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Pharmacists Part of the Primary Care Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marie Smith, assistant dean of the UConn School of Pharmacy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the Affordable Care Act kicks into gear, it\u2019s estimated that 30 million newly insured people will be adding to the demands of our current primary care workforce. While general practitioners, nurses and physician assistants are considered the main primary care providers, a UConn professor says pharmacists can help fortify the front line.<\/p>\n

In an analysis and commentary published in November\u2019s issue of Health Affairs<\/i>, School of Pharmacy assistant dean Marie Smith writes that pharmacists \u201ccan contribute to the efficient and effective delivery of care. Thus, they should be included among the health professionals who are called on to mitigate the projected primary care provider shortage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith, along with co-authors David Bates of Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital and Thomas Bodenheimer with the University of California, San Francisco, state that the \u201cproliferation of such new models as medical homes, accountable care organizations, and community-based care teams is creating new opportunities for pharmacists to assume roles and responsibilities commensurate with their capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The authors also discuss the potential challenges of the team-based care delivery models which include the lack of payment mechanisms that explicitly provide for pharmacist services.<\/p>\n

You can read the entire Health Affairs<\/i> analysis and commentary here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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