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Delivery of Comprehensive Medication Management and Other Clinical Services via Telehealth by Pharmacy Type.
Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2023 Februrary 21
BACKGROUND: The recent coronavirus pandemic accelerated the need to deliver pharmacy-related services remotely.
OBJECTIVE: To describe experiences with providing comprehensive medication management (CMM) and other clinical services via telehealth by pharmacy type, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
METHODS: An online survey of pharmacists, representing 27 pharmacies, was conducted to capture telehealth usage in three pharmacy types: independently owned, integrated into a clinical setting, and retail chain. A sub-analysis was performed to assess if providing CMM services via telehealth helped, resulted in no change, or worsened the care of different patient groups (e.g., those with diabetes, were low-income, aged 65+ years).
RESULTS: During the pandemic, telehealth usage among independently owned pharmacies and those integrated into a clinical setting increased, but no change occurred among retail chain pharmacies. This usage increase in the first two pharmacy types occurred despite limited investments in connectivity-related resources to support telehealth services. Pharmacists from both independently owned pharmacies (63%) and those integrated into a clinical setting (89%) reported CMM via telehealth reached patients they would not otherwise have been able to reach during the pandemic. Most pharmacists/pharmacies found telehealth to be a feasible and acceptable method of delivering CMM.
CONCLUSION: Pharmacists and pharmacies are now experienced with and have interest in continuing CMM via telehealth, even as the pandemic recedes. However, investments in telecommunications resources, training support, technical assistance, and continued telehealth reimbursement from health plans are needed to sustain this service delivery model.
OBJECTIVE: To describe experiences with providing comprehensive medication management (CMM) and other clinical services via telehealth by pharmacy type, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
METHODS: An online survey of pharmacists, representing 27 pharmacies, was conducted to capture telehealth usage in three pharmacy types: independently owned, integrated into a clinical setting, and retail chain. A sub-analysis was performed to assess if providing CMM services via telehealth helped, resulted in no change, or worsened the care of different patient groups (e.g., those with diabetes, were low-income, aged 65+ years).
RESULTS: During the pandemic, telehealth usage among independently owned pharmacies and those integrated into a clinical setting increased, but no change occurred among retail chain pharmacies. This usage increase in the first two pharmacy types occurred despite limited investments in connectivity-related resources to support telehealth services. Pharmacists from both independently owned pharmacies (63%) and those integrated into a clinical setting (89%) reported CMM via telehealth reached patients they would not otherwise have been able to reach during the pandemic. Most pharmacists/pharmacies found telehealth to be a feasible and acceptable method of delivering CMM.
CONCLUSION: Pharmacists and pharmacies are now experienced with and have interest in continuing CMM via telehealth, even as the pandemic recedes. However, investments in telecommunications resources, training support, technical assistance, and continued telehealth reimbursement from health plans are needed to sustain this service delivery model.
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