A new Surescripts survey revealed that while a majority of providers believe it’s important for the health care industry to move to team-based care, there are other challenges that stand in the way of improving the delivery of patient care. A significant majority of prescribers said it is somewhat or very important that pharmacists be able to provide more care services, including immunization administration, smoking cessation, point of care testing, wellness screenings and medication therapy management.

Expanding Pharmacists' Role as Providers  
In a recent webinar moderated by OmniSYS, panelists from the American Pharmacists Association, Walgreens and Kroger Health discussed expanding pharmacists' role as providers. They addressed whether pharmacists are prepared for infectious disease and chronic disease care, pointing out that often pharmacists are doing residencies or post-grad training to get additional expertise in different areas. Patients also have become more familiar with pharmacists, deepening their relationships and trust.

Enhancing Care with Value-Based Arrangements  
Pharmacy Quality Solutions has partnered with Emblem Health to support member health and close gaps in care through a first-of-its-kind pharmacy value-based arrangement in New York. The partnership incentivizes network pharmacies to capture and share blood pressure and A1C screening results with EmblemHealth. Both programs recognize pharmacies that achieve higher quality scores, improve health outcomes and serve as trusted community destinations for care. 

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