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The Pulse, 1998, V8 N1, Winter
No full textDreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: An issue of The Pulse, a publication for Dreyer Medical Clinic patients. This was a newsletter published for patients reporting on Dreyer news, events, classes, and staffing updates.https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/alldocuments/2076/thumbnail.jp
The Pulse, 1999, V9 N1, Winter
No full textDreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: An issue of The Pulse, a publication for Dreyer Medical Clinic patients. This was a newsletter published for patients reporting on Dreyer news, events, classes, and staffing updates.https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/alldocuments/2080/thumbnail.jp
Dreyer Medical Clinic Nurse
No full textDreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: Unnamed nurse at the Dreyer Medical Clinic in the mid 1960s.https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/allimages/1168/thumbnail.jp
Dreyer Medical Clinic Patient Information Booklet, 1972
No full textDreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: Informational brochure for patients.https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/alldocuments/2096/thumbnail.jp
Dreyer Clinic - Batavia Advertisement, 1988
No full textDreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: Advertisement for the Batavia clinic location.https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/alldocuments/2103/thumbnail.jp
Standardized clinical infectious diseases pharmacy care delivery and antimicrobial stewardship program management within a large, integrated healthcare system
No full textPurpose:Infectious Diseases (ID) pharmacy expertise is crucial for the success of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) efforts. As health systems expand due to mergers and acquisitions, ID pharmacy teams strive to deliver consistent care across the enterprise. This report describes the fusion of multiple AMS practice models during the integration of health systems to optimize and standardize care delivery.
Summary:The merger of two large, community hospital systems necessitated the recalibration of services of both legacy antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs). While there was agreement that ID pharmacists perform daily prospective audit and feedback of antimicrobials and respond to diagnostics and cultures, the prioritization of practices across the enterprise that retained allowances for individual hospital nuance was paramount. The result was a practice model dedicated to consistent patient care regardless of geographic location, socioeconomic status, or reliance on a single ID pharmacist\u27s availability. Additionally, the team coordinates the system ASP, in collaboration with medical staff. This includes implementation of stewardship initiatives, formulary management and guideline and document control. Lastly, ID pharmacists serve as a resource for prescribers and pharmacy staff and leadership.
Conclusion:The development of a standardized ID pharmacy practice model delivered through a hybrid of remote and in-person coverage addressed disparities in clinical services, education and ASP management. Complexities such as care gaps during leave are reconciled with this process while maintaining the minimum expectations of every ID pharmacist. This was especially crucial to establish consistent patient care across state lines with the rise of virtual services and inability to develop on-site rapport
Utilizing pharmacy technicians for medication adherence patient outreach in an ambulatory care setting
No full textPurpose:This publication outlines the development and implementation of a telephone-based adherence call program for pharmacy technicians at Community Health Network (CHNw). This program aims to improve medication adherence rates for contracted Medicare Advantage plans.
Summary:As healthcare systems look for ways to improve patient care, Medicare reimbursement can guide ideas for initiatives. To improve medication adherence rates, the ambulatory care pharmacy team at CHNw developed a telephone-based adherence call system to better improve clinical outcomes and lower overall healthcare utilization and costs. Initially developed as a pharmacy student-driven service, the program has progressed to be run by clinical pharmacy technicians. Once patients are identified as candidates for outreach, the pharmacy technicians contact them to discuss medication adherence and coordinate with their primary care provider and embedded clinic pharmacist to ensure medication accessibility and overcome potential barriers to adherence.
Conclusion:Utilizing pharmacy technicians to complete medication adherence outreach calls has proven to be a success, as evidenced by improvement in star ratings in all 3 CMS medication adherence measures. This has resulted in work off-loaded from the clinical pharmacist, financial gain for the network, and improved medication adherence for patients. With this success, we can financially justify having the technicians on the ambulatory pharmacy team and plan to expand their roles into other pharmacy initiatives soon. This program helps show that expanding the pharmacy technician role may further benefit the healthcare system
Heartbeat, 2004 November
No full textDreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: An issue of Dreyer Heartbeat. This was an employee newsletter published by the marketing department, reporting on news, events, and staffing updates at Dreyer Medical Clinic.https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/alldocuments/2028/thumbnail.jp
The Pulse, 1993, V3 N3, Spring supplement
No full textDreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: An issue of The Pulse, a publication for Dreyer Medical Clinic patients. This was a newsletter published for patients reporting on Dreyer news, events, classes, and staffing updates.https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/alldocuments/2055/thumbnail.jp
The Pulse, 1997, V7 N1, Winter
No full textDreyer Medical Clinic, Aurora, IL: An issue of The Pulse, a publication for Dreyer Medical Clinic patients. This was a newsletter published for patients reporting on Dreyer news, events, classes, and staffing updates.https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/alldocuments/2071/thumbnail.jp