Effectiveness of a Pharmacist‐Physician Team‐Based Collaboration to Improve Long‐Term Blood Pressure Control at an Inner‐City Safety‐Net Clinic

Abstract

The PPCPM BP control rate ranks in the 90th percentile of National Committee for Quality Assurance benchmarks and was superior even to the 2013 reported mean for commercial insurers. The PPCPM effectively improved hypertension control in an uninsured, primarily African-American, urban population despite significant health barriers. Key elements of this asynchronous care model included access to a common medical record, optimization of distinct interprofessional roles, frequent follow-up with evaluation, and collaborative practice agreement with sufficient scope of practice to implement medication changes at the time of the visit.