Telehealth Pharmacist Approach to Comprehensive Medication Management in Post-Discharge High-Risk Patients: A Quality Improvement Initiative.

Tram Thai¹, Melanie Plotke¹, Greg Downing^1,2, Eric Olmsted³, Brennan Cook⁴, Farrukh N Jafri⁵

¹Cureatr Clinic, New York, New York, USA.

²School of Health, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

³CWH Advisors, Concord, Massachusetts, USA.

⁴Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.

⁵White Plains Hospital, White Plains, New York, USA.

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Abstract

Introduction: Clinical Pharmacist-led Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) has the potential to mitigate medication errors during transitions in care, but current evidence is underdeveloped. The objective of this work was to assess the impact of optimized CMM services through a telehealth pharmacist clinic on hospital readmission and Emergency Department (ED) utilization rates. Methods: A qua…

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