Population Health Outcomes, Medication Adherence, and Pharmacy Management Services

Sharrel Pinto, BS Pharm, DMM, MS, PhD, Hoch Family Endowed Professor for Community Pharmacy Practice, South Dakota State University. Dr. Pinto shares the results of the STOMPP study, a Study to Measure the Impact of Pharmacists and Pharmacy Services (STOMPP) on Medication Non-Adherence: Medication Adherence and Clinical Outcomes. The study compared the impact of various pharmacy-based services on medication adherence and clinical outcomes among subjects with type 2 diabetes receiving care within a regional integrated delivery network (IDN) with multiple community pharmacy practice sites and a practice group of endocrinologists. Patients experienced improved clinical outcomes and adherence rates when using blister packaging and medication therapy management services, individually and in combination.