Make health equity in CT your New Year's resolution! What better way to address immigrant health disparities than with a dynamic duo of a trusted and culturally competent community health worker partnered with a pharmacist adept in healthcare. #CHWandPharmacists@MattLesser
Check out this thread below. Patients should not have to drown themselves in >$10,000 in debt when they go to the hospital. Let’s utilize pharmacists and their extensive knowledge in health care to provide cost-effective treatments to our patients. @MattLesser#CHWandPharmacists
Pharmacists and community health workers have the potential to change our patients perception of health care by working one on one with patients. We can improve health literacy and this will improve outcomes that can save future time and money. @GreggHaddad#CHWandPharmacists
UK citizens are shocked to hear the prices of health care necessities, such as EpiPens. Lets collaborate with pharmacists to fight the increasing costs of the EpiPens and ensure its availability to patients in need. @ChrisMurphyCT#CHWandPharmacists https://t.co/QfrXeGGwTa
Make health equity in CT your New Year's resolution! What better way to address immigrant health disparities than with a dynamic duo of a trusted and culturally competent community health worker partnered with a pharmacist adept in healthcare. #CHWandPharmacists@MattLesser
Community health worker and pharmacist teams are best equip to practice preventative healthcare in minority communities. Together they can improve population health, leading to disease prevention and reduced healthcare costs. That’s a Win Win. #CHWandPharmacists@ChrisMurphyCT
Chronic disease management can seem like a never ending money pit. Community health worker and pharmacist collaboration can improve outcomes & decrease costs. Let’s utilize these interprofessional teams to reduce healthcare costs for everyone! #CHWandPharmacists@SenBlumenthal
Increased access to community health workers will help foreign language speaking patients to feel more comfortable accessing the care a pharmacy provides as they will be able to provide translations and monitor adherence #CHW&Pharmacists @SenatorAbrams
Community health workers are able to build a strong relationship with patients and learn the full picture of their current state of health, so with pharmacist collaboration, we could provide a more direct quality of care to underserved populations #HCW&Pharmacists @MattLesser
With help and encouragement from community health workers, patients would be willing to share more information related to their treatment which, in turn, will help pharmacists be able to provide a higher quality of care towards patients #HCW&Pharmacists @RepNKD
Community health workers and pharmacists make up a dynamic duo capable of eliminating vast health disparities across the state of CT. Let's fight for the betterment of our community and explore the many pathways that we can follow together. #CHWandPharmacists@ChrisMurphyCT
Barriers to health equity are reliant on ignorance. Through the combined efforts of community health workers and pharmacists these barriers can be dismantled. We should demand more of ourselves and of each other. #CHWandPharmacists@SenBlumenthal
Medication adherence can be improved through the participation of both pharmacists and community health workers. Our diligence will greatly impact health outcomes across CT. We can all hold each other a little more responsible. #CHWandPharmacists@JasonPerillo
People seem to think that medication therapy is the same for all patients. This is not the case. Pharmacists are trusted healthcare professionals who can help to eliminate existing disparities through collaboration with community health workers #CHW&pharmacists @SenBlumenthal
Collaboration between pharmacists and community healthworkers can help to ensure that patient adherence does not continue to be a problem. This collarboration can help remove the barrier that culture holds on medical practices #CHW&pharmacists @RepNKD
Community health workers allow patients to provide the full information required about their disease state. Collaboration between community healthworkers and pharmacists can help minimize cost caused by incorrect medication use. #CHW&Pharmacists @ChrisMurphyCT
Chronic disease management can seem like a never ending money pit. Community health worker and pharmacist collaboration can improve outcomes & decrease costs. Let’s utilize these interprofessional teams to reduce healthcare costs for everyone! #CHWandPharmacists@SenBlumenthal
Community health worker and pharmacist teams are best equip to practice preventative healthcare in minority communities. Together they can improve population health, leading to disease prevention and reduced healthcare costs. That’s a Win Win. #CHWandPharmacists@ChrisMurphyCT