Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Pharmacy and prescription drugs
Implementation of Telepharmacy in Rural Hospitals: Potential for Improving Medication Safety
Describes successful telepharmacy activities being implemented in rural hospitals and analyzes policy issues related to the implementation of telepharmacy projects in rural hospitals.
Additional links: Policy Brief, March 2009
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Walter Elias, Alana Knudson, Walter Gregg
Date: 12/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Describes successful telepharmacy activities being implemented in rural hospitals and analyzes policy issues related to the implementation of telepharmacy projects in rural hospitals.
Additional links: Policy Brief, March 2009
Author(s): Michelle Casey, Walter Elias, Alana Knudson, Walter Gregg
Date: 12/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center
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Eligible But Not Enrolled? Potential for Targeting Over a Half-Million Rural Medicare Beneficiaries for Enrollment in the Low-Income Subsidy Prescription Drug Program
Discusses the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy (LIS), which is designed to help low-income persons access the prescription drug benefit with reduced premiums and lower out-of-pocket costs. Included chart shows enrollment in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and the LIS by state.
Additional links: State Tables
Author(s): Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 12/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Discusses the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy (LIS), which is designed to help low-income persons access the prescription drug benefit with reduced premiums and lower out-of-pocket costs. Included chart shows enrollment in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans and the LIS by state.
Additional links: State Tables
Author(s): Timothy D. McBride, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 12/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Independently Owned Pharmacy Closures in Rural America (2008)
Provides information about the closure of rural independently owned pharmacies, including pharmacies that were the sole source of access to local pharmacy services, from 2003 to 2008.
Additional links: State Table
Author(s): Donald Klepser, Liyan Xu, Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller
Date: 07/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Provides information about the closure of rural independently owned pharmacies, including pharmacies that were the sole source of access to local pharmacy services, from 2003 to 2008.
Additional links: State Table
Author(s): Donald Klepser, Liyan Xu, Fred Ullrich, Keith Mueller
Date: 07/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Rural Hospitals: Are You Missing out on Drug Savings?
Outlines the 340B Drug Pricing Program with a focus on cost saving capability for rural organizations.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Claudia Schur, Karen Cheung, Marianne Baernholdt
Citation: Healthcare Financial Management, 62(6), 82-85
Date: 06/2008
Type: Document
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Outlines the 340B Drug Pricing Program with a focus on cost saving capability for rural organizations.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin, Claudia Schur, Karen Cheung, Marianne Baernholdt
Citation: Healthcare Financial Management, 62(6), 82-85
Date: 06/2008
Type: Document
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Prevalence of Evidence-Based Safe Medication Practices in Small Rural Hospitals
Describes the prevalence of evidence-based safe medication practices, including the use of voluntary medication error reporting, in small rural hospitals.
Author(s): Gary Cochran, Katherine Jones, Liyan Xu, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Describes the prevalence of evidence-based safe medication practices, including the use of voluntary medication error reporting, in small rural hospitals.
Author(s): Gary Cochran, Katherine Jones, Liyan Xu, Keith Mueller
Date: 04/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Report to HRSA: Opportunities to Advance Clinical Pharmacy Services in Safety-Net Settings
Offers recommendations for how Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) programs such as the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) can improve the use of clinical pharmacists in safety net settings. Covers challenges for safety net providers and rural areas, including the difficulty of recruiting and retaining clinical pharmacists and Medicaid reimbursement.
Author(s): Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Todd Sorensen, Zandra Glenn, Margaret Colby, Christopher Fleming
Date: 01/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research
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Offers recommendations for how Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) programs such as the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) can improve the use of clinical pharmacists in safety net settings. Covers challenges for safety net providers and rural areas, including the difficulty of recruiting and retaining clinical pharmacists and Medicaid reimbursement.
Author(s): Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Todd Sorensen, Zandra Glenn, Margaret Colby, Christopher Fleming
Date: 01/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Mathematica Policy Research
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Review of the Relationship between Medicare Part D Payments to Local, Community Pharmacies and the Pharmacies' Drug Acquisition Costs
Analyzes the relationship between Medicare Part D payments, excluding dispensing fees, to local, community pharmacies and the pharmacies' drug acquisition costs. Estimate Part D dispensing fees and compares them with Medicaid dispensing fees. Includes some data specific to rural pharmacies.
Date: 01/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Analyzes the relationship between Medicare Part D payments, excluding dispensing fees, to local, community pharmacies and the pharmacies' drug acquisition costs. Estimate Part D dispensing fees and compares them with Medicaid dispensing fees. Includes some data specific to rural pharmacies.
Date: 01/2008
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Office of Inspector General (HHS)
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Reliance on Independently Owned Pharmacies in Rural America
Policy brief providing locations of independently owned pharmacies in rural America that are the sole sources of access to local pharmaceutical services. Lays a foundation for analyzing vulnerability of pharmacy services in rural America and identifies the questions that research and policy activities should address.
Additional links: State Maps
Author(s): Michael D. Shambaugh-Miller, Nicole Vanosdel, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 11/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Policy brief providing locations of independently owned pharmacies in rural America that are the sole sources of access to local pharmaceutical services. Lays a foundation for analyzing vulnerability of pharmacy services in rural America and identifies the questions that research and policy activities should address.
Additional links: State Maps
Author(s): Michael D. Shambaugh-Miller, Nicole Vanosdel, Keith J. Mueller
Date: 11/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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One Year In: Sole Community Rural Independent Pharmacies and Medicare Part D
Describes the experiences of 51 rural independently-owned pharmacies that are the sole providers of pharmacy services in their community one year after implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Michelle Mason, Indira Richardson, et al.
Date: 09/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Describes the experiences of 51 rural independently-owned pharmacies that are the sole providers of pharmacy services in their community one year after implementation of the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit.
Author(s): Andrea Radford, Michelle Mason, Indira Richardson, et al.
Date: 09/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
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Rural Hospitals' Experience with the 340B Drug Pricing Program
Policy brief describing the results of surveys of rural hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program and of rural eligible but non-participating hospitals. Includes information on factors affecting participation in the program and the benefits and challenges of participation.
Author(s): Claudia Schur, Karen Cheung, Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 09/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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Policy brief describing the results of surveys of rural hospitals participating in the 340B drug pricing program and of rural eligible but non-participating hospitals. Includes information on factors affecting participation in the program and the benefits and challenges of participation.
Author(s): Claudia Schur, Karen Cheung, Andrea Radford, Rebecca Slifkin
Date: 09/2007
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, North Carolina Rural Health Research Program
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