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TO HEALTH, MEDICAL, AND NATIONAL EDITORS:
AMCP Foundation Launches Initiative to Identify Emerging Medication
Management Practices that Can Advance Patient Care and Outcomes;
Project Supported by Pfizer
TAMPA, Fla., April 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A major research
initiative to identify and assess the impact of the rapidly changing
dynamics in the U.S. health care system and their potential to improve
patient care through integration of medication management practices
was announced today by the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Foundation
(AMCP). With support from Pfizer Inc., the Emerging Pharmacy Trends
Assessment will also identify strategies in response to those trends
to further improve patient care and outcomes.
The findings are to be released by the Foundation during the AMCP
Nexus 2014 Conference in October in Boston. It is expected that the
project will produce a comprehensive and authoritative reference
resource for managed care provider organizations, health care payers,
policy makers, and other stakeholders.
"We are very pleased to collaborate with Pfizer on this visionary,
proactive initiative to improve patient care," said Edith A. Rosato,
RPh, IOM, Chairman of the AMCP Foundation Board of Trustees and CEO of
AMCP. "With the increasing focus placed on controlling the escalating
costs of medications and the importance of adherence to medication
therapy, the marketplace is ready for ideas and solutions that achieve
the Triple Aim of Health Care: improving patient satisfaction and
quality of care, improved population health, and affordability.
Findings and assessments from the Emerging Trends Project will provide
real-world insights on these key health policy priorities," Rosato
noted.
"The collaboration between AMCP and Pfizer is designed to
systematically identify and assess current and emerging trends that
impact how patient care provided by managed care pharmacy is viewed
and accepted by the health care system," said Terry Griesing, Vice
President, Pfizer Medical Affairs, North America. "We will be better
able to understand and support the role that managed care pharmacy
plays in the delivery of health care, their efforts to enhance
quality, improve adherence, and manage total cost."
"An important concept that will be explored in this research will be
to determine the impact on patient health outcomes in a holistic way
by integrating the pharmacy and medical benefits. This is not the way
we are used to viewing health care delivery today," stated Rosato.
"Integrating the patient's medical and pharmacy benefit will lead to
better management of patients, and assessing how to achieve that goal
is an overarching objective of the project," stated Rosato.
"Recent health reform measures require new approaches-specifically on
the way health plans are managing their pharmacy budgets and coverage
for products," said David Moules, Vice President, Pfizer, US Payer &
Channel Access. "We expect the project to proactively identify best
practice management that best communicates the role of medicines in
the evolving patient care delivery system. This project provides an
opportunity for leaders to work together to identify ways to best
utilize medicines in a way that validates the value of medicines."
ABOUT THE AMCP FOUNDATION The AMCP Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit
corporation, is a research, education and philanthropic organization
supporting the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP).Established in
1990 as the Foundation for Managed Care Pharmacy, the AMCP Foundation
was created to support the research and education agenda of AMCP. The
Foundation exists to advance collective knowledge and insights on
major issues associated with the practice of pharmacy in managed
health care settings.
SOURCE Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
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/CONTACT: Kevin Bruns, AMCP Foundation, kbruns@amcp.org, 301-775-9123
/Web Site: http://www.amcp.org
CO: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
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