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
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
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
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
Give pharmacists more control over prescribing medications as they are one of the most trusted healthcare professionals in the community! By being one of the first points of contact, we can treat patients right away. #CHWandPharmacists@rosadelauro
Allow pharmacists to work with social workers and other necessary staff to ensure adherence on medications and proper therapies so a patient doesn't feel overwhelmed when discharged from a hospital. #CHWandPharmacists@RepJahanaHayes
Pharmacists have a powerful impact on preventable diseases through community vaccination. We can save unnecessary expenditure of healthcare through vaccinating and preventing complications of chronic illnesses. #CHWandPharmacists@SenatorCohenCT
Allow pharmacists to work for the FDA to negotiate/regulate drug costs to stop unnecessary inflations and allow more affordability in healthcare #CHWandPharmacists@ChrisMurphyCT
Community health workers provide insights into a patient’s social determinants of health, and Pharmacists follow through with routine counseling and medication management for more holistic treatment regimens, and as a bonus: improved adherence. #CHWandPharamcists@GreggHaddad
Pharmacists are known to be the most accessible health care providers. In high risk pops/surrounding areas, immunization clinics can limit or prevent these 10s of thousands of HPV cases yearly to prevent cancerous infections #CHWandPharmacists@GreggHaddad https://t.co/qs9zNUiZ2U
Raising awareness of improving health literacy can lead to improved medication adherence. Providing the proper additional care for those with low health literacy can prevent future problems of noncompliance and ineffective results from occurring.
@SenatorAbrams#CHWandPharmacists
Imagine the embarrassment after pronouncing a word wrong and your friends never let it down..
That’s how people with low health literacy feel everyday. #CHWandpharmacists can work together to improve health literacy with people with language barriers to improve health outcomes!
We can’t live healthy lives without others. People heal in a community. But how can refugees heal when lack of interpreters lead to isolation? #CHWandpharmacists can help prevent comorbid diseases by ending ethnic prejudice & increase healthcare access! @ChrisMurphyCT
The state health department should focus on the increased engagement of community healthcare workers and increase the engagement of community pharmacists in the provision of medication and self-management by building and scaling programs. #CHWandPharmacists@SenBlumenthal