Pittsburgh (Sq Hill, Banksville, Mt. Washington)
Shaler, PA
Washington, PA
The School of Pharmacy and Rite Aid (Partners) developed a Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Service, Rite CareSM, designed to help patients achieve the best results from their medications. Service tools developed include: a computer software program developed to assist the pharmacists in performing MTM and to document the results to both patients and physicians, a re-design of the participating pharmacies to include a private consultation/patient care center, and a specialized training program for participating pharmacists to learn the standardized patient care process, necessary documentation and software utility.
Five pharmacist- led patient care practices in the Pittsburgh, PA area conduct patient visits, community and physician outreach programs, and mentoring student pharmacists. Expansion plans include training and the development of patient care centers nationally within Rite Aid. Together with our Partners, we have recognized a greater ability to provide advanced care to patients than if either entity worked alone.
Service Characteristics
Rite Aid Pharmacists provide Medication Therapy Management Services to a wide-range of patients in their communities.
Research
Current Research initiatives include documenting patient care outcomes of the service.
Student/Resident Participation
Over 30 learners will rotate through the Rite Care locations including P2 and P4 School of Pharmacy students, a community pharmacy resident, pharmacy practice resident, 12 UPMC St. Margaret Family Practice Physician residents, and Rite CareSM pharmacists in training.
Calendar of Events
Individual pharmacy locations offer a wide-variety of services. Please call or stop-by locations for additional information.
Links
Rite Care in the news:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_9_27/ai_n14867789
Contact
Melissa Somma, PharmD, CDE
Assistant Professor
E-mail: somma@pitt.edu
