The Tennessee Medicaid medication therapy management program: early stage contextual factors and implementation outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

First investigated in the 1990s, medication therapy management (MTM) is an evidence-based practice offered by pharmacists to ensure a patient's medication regimen is individualized to include the safest and most effective medications. MTM has been shown to a) improve quality of patient care, b) reduces health care costs, and c) lead to fewer medication-related adverse effects. However, there has been limited testing of evidence-based, a-priori implementation strategies that support MTM implementation on a large scale.

Methods

The study has two objectives assessed at the organizational and individual level: 1) to determine the adoption, feasibility, acceptability and appropriateness of a multi-faceted implementation strategy to support the MTM pilot program in Tenn

SUBMITTER: Hohmeier KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8561881 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature