A Regional Analysis of Hepatitis C Virus Collaborative Care With Pharmacists in Indian Health Service Facilities.
Rebecca Geiger,Jessica Steinert,Grant McElwee,Jennifer Carver,Robert Montanez,Julie Niewoehner,Cassandra Clark,Brigg Reilley +7 more
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Federal health care facilities in an administrative area of the Indian Health Service conducted a review to identify and address gaps in HCV treatment, indicating that rural clinics can be successful providing HCV diagnosis and treatment.Abstract:
Background: American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) are disproportionately affected by hepatitis C virus (HCV), with more than double the national rate of HCV-related mortality as well as the highe...read more
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Point-of-care testing in pharmacies—An evaluation of the service from the lens of resource-based theory of competitive advantage
TL;DR: The RBT is a widely tested framework that can be used for planning and reporting POCT practice innovations and pharmacists seem to do a good job in describing how to provide POCT but fall short in explaining how these services are sustainable over time.
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A nurse-led, telehealth-driven hepatitis C management initiative in regional Victoria: Cascade of care from referral to cure.
Beverly T Rodrigues,Nola Parsons,James Haridy,Stephen Bloom,Caroline Day,Geoffrey Haar,Amanda Nicoll,Rohit Sawhney +7 more
TL;DR: The elimination of hepatitis C virus stands as an unresolved World Health Organization target, and is associated with complications including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma as mentioned in this paper, which is the most common cause of liver cancer.
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Developing a multidisciplinary HCV direct-acting antivirals utilization management and assessment program.
Aziza Ajlan,Roaa A. Algain,Mohamed H. Ahmed,Tamadhor Abu-Riash,Mohammed Alquaiz,Faisal Aba Alkhail,Hamad I. Al-Ashgar,Thamer Alkhairallah,Delal Alkortas,Ahmed Al-Jedai +9 more
TL;DR: The involvement of pharmacists in a multidisciplinary HCV program in outpatient settings resulted in improved formulary decision making, reduction of costs, and improvement of adherence to institutional guidelines.
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Public Health Informatics and the American Indian/Alaska Native Populations: Improving Community Health Despite Challenges
TL;DR: Modernization of this system provides the IHS with an enormous opportunity to develop a user—and population-centered HIT model to help close the gap in AI/AN health inequities and continue to illustrate the critical need for public and population health informatics at the point of care.
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Interprofessional Collaboration Between a Clinical Pharmacist and Specialty Physicians to Treat Hepatitis C in an Interdisciplinary Medical Practice Setting
TL;DR: Clinical pharmacists are well positioned to help navigate patients through the complexities of the medication use system, medication access, drug interactions and adverse effects, promote medication adherence, and allow patients to start and complete therapy.
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