Impact of a mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine program on improving medication adherence in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after hospital discharge: A pilot study.

Olufunke Sokan¹, Benoit Stryckman², Yuanyuan Liang³, Sade Osotimehin¹, Daniel B Gingold², Weston W Blakeslee⁴, Matthew J Moore⁴, Colin A Banas⁴, Colleen T Landi⁵, Magaly Rodriguez¹

¹Department of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, United States.

²Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.

³Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.

⁴DRFIRST.com, Inc., Rockville, MD, United States.

⁵University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The mobile integrated health-community paramedicine (MIH-CP) program affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center focuses on improving patient transitions from hospital to home by addressing both medical and social determinants of health. Until recently, only self-contained health systems could integrate inpatient and outpatient medication data. Without some means to track…

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Keywords

ALP, Advanced Licensed ProviderCHF, Congestive Heart FailureCHW, Community Health WorkerCI, Confidence IntervalCMS, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCOPD, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary DiseaseCRISP, Chesapeake Regional Information System for our PatientsCommunity paramedicineData integrationEHR, Electronic Health RecordICD, Institutional Classification of DiseasesIRB, Institutional Review BoardM-DRAW, Modified Drug Adherence Work-UpMIH-CP, Mobile Integrated Health-Community ParamedicineMedication adherenceMobile integrated healthPDC, Proportion of Days CoveredPSM, Propensity Score MatchingSDoH, Social Determinants of HealthTelehealthTransition of careUMMC, University of Maryland Medical CenterUMMS, University of Maryland Medical System

Article Info

PMID: 36457714
PMCID: PMC9707008
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcsop.2022.100201
Received: April 20, 2022
Accepted: November 10, 2022

How to Cite

Sokan O et al. Impact of a mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine program on improving medication adherence in patients with heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after hospital discharge: A pilot study. Explor Res Clin Soc Pharm2022;8100201. doi:10.1016/j.rcsop.2022.100201

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