Rural Project Examples: Pharmacy workforce
Effective Examples
Montana "Team Up. Pressure Down." Blood Pressure Medication Adherence Project
Updated/reviewed November 2022
Updated/reviewed November 2022
- Need: To help rural Montana patients manage their blood pressure levels.
- Intervention: Pharmacists distributed "Team Up. Pressure Down." materials from the Million Hearts Initiative and provided consultations.
- Results: 89% of patients were able to adhere to their blood pressure medication, compared to 73% before the intervention.
Pharmacists for Patient Safety Network
Updated/reviewed September 2022
Updated/reviewed September 2022
- Need: Pharmacists in rural Nebraska are often isolated and find it difficult to communicate with others about safety concerns.
- Intervention: The Pharmacists for Patient Safety Network was a communication network in which pharmacists identified safety concerns and shared solutions.
- Results: After one year of implementation, 30 of the 38 participating pharmacies reported that the network encouraged new safety practices and reinforced existing safety strategies.
Other Project Examples

Updated/reviewed March 2020
- Need: An ongoing shortage of healthcare providers in rural areas of South Dakota
- Intervention: A 4-week summer program placing health professions students in rural communities.
- Results: Of graduating participants, 71% practice in South Dakota with 30% of those graduates practicing in rural communities with populations fewer than 10,000, or veteran facilities.

Updated/reviewed July 2019
- Need: Meeting both advanced practice pharmacy student education needs and patient healthcare needs in a nearby rural/underserved area.
- Intervention: With support from multiple organizations, students in the Ohio Northern University's College of Pharmacy program use a motor coach to deliver a wide range of healthcare services during scheduled outreach visits.
- Results: In the program's first two years, point-of-care screening, immunizations, and chronic disease prevention and management education have been provided to 800+ Hardin County, Ohio, residents.
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