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[Bailey Conkey @ConkeyBailey]

Victims of torture and trauma have higher rates of diabetes and hypertension without obesity due to elevated cortisol levels. Healthcare professionals need to learn how to recognize and talk about trauma with refugee patients #CHWAndPharmacists @SenatorAnwarCT

[Jack Mountain @_jack_mountain]

70-75% of gaps in safe and effective medication use are due to failures in prescribing, clinical monitoring, and management coordination. Teams of community health workers and pharmacists could help reduce and prevent these failures. #CHWandPharmacists @RepJahanaHayes

[Jack Mountain @_jack_mountain]

Collaborative practice agreements using pharmacists can help save health practices money and improve health outcomes especially in patients with chronic disease or complex medication regimens. Currently, collaborative services are not widely used. @RobinComey #CHWandPharmacists

[Dylan D @dyland359]

Pharmacists being so accessible can spread the word about the pros of vaccination. This huge role that pharmacists play can have a huge effect on decreasing potential outbreaks in disease. @SenatorAbrams
#CHWandPharmacists

[Dylan D @dyland359]

Too many mistakes occur yearly with medication errors. Pharmacists have to work with physicians and community health workers to ensure that these things don't happen. They are the most trusted profession and have to remain that way. #CHWandPharmacists @RepNKD

[Jack Mountain @_jack_mountain]

In the US, estimates suggest for every 1 dollar spent on medication $1.33 is spent on the treatment of medication injury. Teams of community health workers and pharmacists can help prevent medication injury which saves money and improve outcomes. #CHWandPharmacists @RobinComey

[Dylan D @dyland359]

Pharmacists and community health workers can work together to remove barriers that create health disparities. This is a necessity as many are going without proper care to keep them healthy. @ChrisMurphyCT #CHWandPharmacists

[Nina Mirontchik @MirontchikNina]

Pharmacist and CHW med reconciliation programs can reduce risk of hospital readmission by 50% and help avoid unnecessary health costs. Counseling prior to discharge and phone consultations can ease care transitions. Lets save health care dollars! @MattLesser #CHWandPharmacists

[Nina Mirontchik @MirontchikNina]

35% of Americans are low in health literacy category. Interprofessional team work builds cultural humility and can develop cultural competence so that improvement in functional, interactive and critical health literacy is seen. @SenatorAnwarCT #CHWandPharmacists

[Nina Mirontchik @MirontchikNina]

On average, primary care physicians spend 17-24 minutes with their patients. Doctors are busy BUT CHW and pharmacists working together will make sure the patient is getting the desired health outcome and health equity in place! @SenatorAbrams #CHWandPharmacists

[Mackenzie Cullen @mcullen123]

@steinberg06880 with CHWs AND pharmacists WORKING TOGETHER to help Cambodian refugees 93% of med related problems were identified and solved, inappropriate med use decreased 35%, and adherence increased 23%! let the numbers speak for themselves #CHWandPharmacists

[Mackenzie Cullen @mcullen123]

@senatoranwarct CHWs and pharmacists working together can save our state money by decreasing the amount of health care needed and guiding the patients towards more cost effective treatments or services #CHWandPharmacists

[Mackenzie Cullen @mcullen123]

@mattlesser pharmacists and Cambodian-American CHWs working together to help Cambodian refugees set the example for how we can better improve cultural competency and health literacy for patients and enhance their care and outcomes #CHWandPharmacists

[ErinSuppp @ErinSuppp]

Social determinants are the leading cause of health disparities. Supporting use of team-based care will give physicians more time to address social needs of patients. Coordinated care will reduce barriers between CT and achieving #healthequity. @SenatorAbrams #CHWandPharmacists

[ErinSuppp @ErinSuppp]

Better health literacy improves health outcomes. Paying pharmacists for medication therapy management increases their ability to effectively counsel patients on med usage and increase understandings of their care. Break cultural and linguistic barriers. @RepNKD #CHWandPharmacists

[ErinSuppp @ErinSuppp]

For $1 spent on medications, US gov't spends $1.33 on treatments for medication harm. Increasing pharmacist utilization in medication therapy management will save money and close gaps bw prescribing and effective med use. Lets tap into this resource @MattLesser #CHWandPharmacists

[Bailey Conkey @ConkeyBailey]

Language barriers and low health literacy can be a dangerous combination in patients with diverse backgrounds. Community health workers can help to eliminate these barriers and improve health outcomes. #CHWandPharmacists @SenatorAbrams

[Bailey Conkey @ConkeyBailey]

We already know that community health workers make significant impacts on health outcomes in other countries. Utilizing them here will help us eliminate barriers to health equity. #CHWandPharmacists @MattLesser

[Hannahh @hannahxo_3]

With the work of pharmacists and community health workers together, we can save the cost of patients out of pocket expenses by preventing future health dilemmas in patients. #CHWandPharmacists
@Steinberg06880

[Hannahh @hannahxo_3]

since pharmacists are the most available community health care providers, we can help patients with everyday issues therefore preventing overuse of doctor visits. #CHWandPharmacists
@MattLesser