Value-Based Care Through Community Pharmacy Partnerships

Dear Colleagues,

Community pharmacist-provided clinical services are an underutilized resource in the pursuit of higher-quality, lower-cost health care. Improved health outcomes can be realized when providers, payers, and patients better utilize community pharmacists. However, to achieve success, community pharmacist-provided clinical services must be supported through workflow adaptations, collaborative partnerships with other providers, and restructured reimbursement models. Advances in technology allowing community pharmacists to share health information technology (HIT) with other providers, effectively communicate with their partners in care, and document their clinical activities would further enhance success.

We invite you to share your approaches and successes to integrate community pharmacists as part of the health care team. We hope this Special Issue will inspire pharmacists, educators, payers, and policy makers to share their own practices, adopt new approaches, and innovate to make improvements to health care in the community pharmacy setting.

Dr. Stefanie Ferreri
Dr. Megan G. Smith
Guest Editors

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