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Who/What is PEARL Rx?
Betty A. Chewning, Ph.D., F. APhAProfessor, UW School of PharmacyDirector, Sonderegger Research Center
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PEARL RX
• PEARL Rx: a fledgling network of pharmacists who potentially partner on collaborative projects and research to enhance practice and improve the health of Wisconsin.
• Formed by faculty at the Sonderegger Research Center in the School of Pharmacy.
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What is PEARL Rx?
• The Pharmacy Practice Enhancement and Action Research Link is a network to respond quickly to funding announcements. – Modeled on WREN
• Rationale: Increasing funding supports research & demonstrations in health provider networks to improve delivery & outcomes of care.– Pharmacy is under-represented in networks.
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History Leading To PEARL
• We built on our prior research– Tobacco Cessation with about 30 community pharmacies
– RCT’s with Walgreens pharmacies on tobacco cessation by dissertator and HBP by Svarstad.
– Class projects with students and pharmacies across state
– Long history of salary & workforce surveys with state pharmacists
• ICTR CAP funding became available 4 years ago. We started with:– WPQC with PSW collaboration
– 340B drug program and community health center network considered
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History
• Finally turned to obvious group – Clerkship sites for School of Pharmacy fourth year students– Community, clinic, hospital
• Last spring attended all 6 regional town hall clerkship meetings to recruit
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PEARL RX
• Current membership - Over 60 pharmacists in practice throughout state
– Community, clinic, and hospital pharmacies
– Working toward triads within same region
• Seek full range of pharmacist roles
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How Link Will Work• Initial quick responder e-mail messages (1-2 per
semester) to assess interest
• Follow-up with interested pharmacists
• Pharmacist partners help plan budget to ensure a project not intrusive or overly burdensome.
• Link is conduit to share resources, project/ practice initiatives & ideas among members
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Potential Collaboration Examples
• Medication Reconciliation• Patient Medication Self Management• Health Literacy• Tobacco Cessation• Reducing Preventable Hospitalizations• Clinical Areas (Asthma, HBP, Diabetes,
Warfarin, CHF, Falls of older adults, etc.)• Infectious Disease Prevention, Management
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Picture is of Partnership
Tremendous pharmacist potential given:
• Dynamic regimens of multiple meds
• Multiple co-morbidities
• Patient variation around drug use & evaluation
• Multiple prescribers and Patient is coordinator
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Just Beginning
• Exploring network member interests
• Hope to fill in triads of site type by region
• Hope to link with other networks’ members by region for collaborative projects of mutual interest
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PEARL Rx’s Puzzle
• How best to work with our network members?
• How best to work with other networks?
• Hope to learn from others here.