Optimizing Medications in Practice

Resources for enabling healthcare practitioners to better optimize medications, improve clinical outcomes, and reduce overall healthcare costs.

Medication Management (CMM and MTM)
Impacting Value-Based Outcomes
Maximizing Use of Clinical Pharmacists
Improving Patient-Centered Care

Medication Management (CMM and MTM)

Resources for understanding key components of the pharmacist’s patient care process, essential functions of comprehensive medication management (CMM), and requirements for providing medication therapy management (MTM).

Requirements for Medication Therapy Management Programs (MTMP)

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): Medication Therapy Management

The Patient Care Process for Delivering Comprehensive Medication Management

Optimizing Medication Use in Patient-Centered, Team-Based Care Settings; ACCP CMM in Primary Care Research Team

Comprehensive Medication Management in Team-Based Care

American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)

Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA): Medication Management Services

PQA Medication Therapy Management Measures and Medication Therapy Problem (MTP) Categories Framework

What is Medication Therapy Management?

American Pharmacists Association (APhA): MTM Central

The Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process

Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP)

Integrating Comprehensive Medication Management to Optimize Patient Outcomes

Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC): Resource Guide

Collaborative Drug Therapy Management and Comprehensive Medication Management

American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)

Impacting Value-Based Outcomes

Resources for learning how medication optimization can improve medication-related quality and performance outcomes.

Healthcare Metrics: Where Do Pharmacists Add Value?

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Commentary

The Pharmacist’s Role in Quality Improvement

American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Discussion Guide

Medication Management: Implications for Practices in Alternative Payment Models (APMs)

A Center for Medication Optimization (CMO) resource

Medication Management: Implications for Practices in CMS’ Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

A Center for Medication Optimization (CMO) resource

Maximizing Use of Clinical Pharmacists

Strategies and guidance for maximizing use of clinical pharmacists’ expertise in practice.

Adding a Clinical Pharmacist to Your Practice

Resource for helping outpatient clinics incorporate clinical pharmacists into their practices

Practical Strategies for Pharmacist Integration with Primary Care

A University of Vermont College of Medicine, Office of Primary Care workbook

Embedding Pharmacists Into the Practice

American Medical Association (AMA) Steps Forward™ module on collaborating with pharmacists to improve patient outcomes

Improving Patient-Centered Care

Resources and guidance to help you better understand your patients and improve patient-centered care.

AHRQ Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit

Health literacy tools and resources from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

National Center for Cultural Competence

Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development National Center for Cultural Competence

Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care®

Educational programs, services, and resources from the Institute for Patient- and Family-Centered Care (IPFCC)

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