By Karen Blum
A novel initiative in Hawaii, in which hospital and community pharmacists provided intensive medication management and direct handoffs for patients at high risk for medication-related readmissions, yielded big savings and propelled community pharmacists into a more comprehensive role on the care team.
Called Pharm2Pharm, the program was associated with an estimated 36% reduction in medication-related hospitalization rates and a $6.6 million estimated annualized savings from