HRSA Rural Outreach Grant

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HRSA Rural Outreach Grant

• Holy Cross Hospital and
• Collaborative Action for Taos County Health
  (CATCH)

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• Holy Cross Hospital
• 49 bed, acute care, rural, non profit,
  DSHospital
• 40 physicians on staff
• Serves approx 40,000 people over a large area
• Large Hispanic and uninsured or under insured
• population

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Indigent and Diabetic Adult Population
Single Point of Entry Patient Advocacy
Hospital
ED
Referral
Physician Offices
Admit
Discharge
Diabetes Case Mgt
Inpatient Clinical Pharmacy
Services
Patient flow
Outpatient Clinical Pharmacy Services
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Outcomes

• Single Point of Entry/Patient Advocacy
• of individuals accessing benefits
• Prescription Assistance
• of vouchers issued
• Cost of prescription meds obtained
• Medication Therapy Management
• Time spent with clients
• Intensity of patient care services provided
• Number and type of interventions (preventable
  ADE)
• Diabetes/Medical Nutrition
• A1C reduction

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Sustainability

• Prescription Assistance
• County indigent funding
• Grants
• Hospital support
• Medication Therapy Management
• Direct billing for patient services
• Asheville model
• Diabetes/Medical Nutrition
• Direct billing for patient services
• Asheville model

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HRSA Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy
Collaborative
Dr. Geilan Ismail, Medical Director
CATCH
Tanya Gonzalez, Patient Advocate Prescription
Assistance Coordinator
CATCH
Pharmacy Staff
Jake Mossman, Pharmacist, Owner TAOS PHARMACY and
Staff