Clinical Links

Adherence

• PSW Adherence Competence Collaborative (PACC) Resources
• Adherence pocket toolkit and supplemental information (PSW)
• Barriers to Recall Competency Assessment/Solutions (PSW)
• Demonstrating Value and Improving Quality in Community Pharmacy: Let's Start with Medication Adherence (PSW) (Available for pharmacist CE through July 1, 2018)
• Financial Barriers to Adherence / Patient Assistance Programs
  • Decision tree and appropriate questions (PSW)
  • Asthma: Medication Assistance Programs (Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin)
  • ForwardHealth / Wisconsin Medicaid patients
  • GoodRx 
  • Merck Helps
  • NeedyMeds
  • Partnership for Prescription Assistance
  • Pfizer Rx Pathways
  • RxAssist 
  • Wisconsin Drug Donation Program - Repository (Wisconsin Department of Health Services)
• Medication Adherence (AACP and NCPA)
• Pill Card Template (PSW)
  • Can be used to either optimize patient’s regimen or summarize medication regimens for patients with many medications.
  • Pill Card Template
• Smartphone Apps for Medication Adherence (PSW)
• "Starter Recommendations" to Optimize Medication Therapy (Word), PDF (PSW)
• Strategies to Improve Communication between Pharmacy Staff and Patients: Training Program for Pharmacy Staff (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
• Teach-back Method
• www.epill.com
• www.forgettingthepill.com
• AHRQ Pillcard

Anticoagulation

• PSW PRIME Time Anticoagulation Chapter
• Sign up! Anticoagulation PIN
• Chest Journal Guidelines - Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis
• IHI: 5 Million Lives Campaign
• UW Antithrombotic Therapy Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Michigan Anticoagulation Quality Improvement Initiative Toolkit
• University of Washington Medical Center Anticoagulation Info
• Patient and Caregiver Education
  • www.clotcare.com
  • www.ptinr.com
  • Vitamin K
• Additional Provider Resources
  • www.clotcare.com
  • www.acforum.org
  • www.ptinr.com

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  Atrial Fibrillation

  • American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
  • Heart Rhythm Foundation
  • Stop Afib (for patients)

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  Asthma

  • Tools
    • Wisconsin Asthma Coalition Resources
    • Asthma Control Test (ACT)
    • Asthma Care Fax - 5 to 11 years old
    • Asthma Care Fax - 11 years and older
    • CDC Asthma Action Plan - Printable and web-based asthma action plan
  • Other Resources 
    • Asthma Prescription Assistance Programs
    • Wisconsin Asthma Plan 2015-2020
    • American Association for Respiratory Care - How to use MDIs, DPIs and Nebulizers
  • Device Instructions
    • Printable Resources
    • Not One More Life (NOML) Device Training Videos
• General Information 
  • Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma (EPR-3)
  • Understanding Asthma: A Guide to Applying the PSW Pocketbook Toolkit to Clinical Practice 
  • Coulee Region Asthma Intervention Study (JPSW 2007)

Chronic Kidney Disease

• PSW CKD Toolkit Supplement
• National Kidney Foundation KDOQI Guidelines
• National Kidney Foundation Kidney Learning System
• National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)
• GFR Calculator

Continuous Quality Improvement

• Pharmacy Quality Commitment

COPD

• Public Health Strategic Framework for COPD Prevention - CDC

Department of Health Services

• Medicaid and BadgerCare Preferred Drug List

Diabetes

• ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines
• American Diabetes Association
• The Diabetes Prevention and Control Program in Wisconsin

Additional Tools for Patients and Providers  

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Managing Diabetes - It's Not Easy, But It's Worth It
• The American Diabetes Association: Patient Education Library   
• CDC Prediabetes Screening Test
• Screen & Refer Patients to a Lifestyle Change Program - CDC

Geriatrics & Long Term Care

• PSW Geriatric Syndromes Toolkit
• Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes
• Age Pages – National Institute on Aging
• Beers List 2019
  • Beers Criteria Printable Pocketcard
• Drug Prescribing for Older Adults-UpToDate
• Wisconsin Dementia Care Efforts
• Fall Prevention
  • Fall Prevention Center of Excellence
  • Preventing Falls Among Older Adults – CDC
  • Falls and Older Adults – National Institute of Health
  • Fall Prevention Home Safety Checklist - Minnesota Safety Council
• Antipsychotic Use
  • Alzheimer's Association - Challenging Behaviors
  • American Psychological Assocation Dementia Guidelines
  • Guide to the Management of Psychotic Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia in Older Adults (AGS 2011)
  • Nonpharmacologic Management of Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia (JAMA 2012)
  • Partnership to Improve Dementia Care
• Infectious Disease
  • Definitions of Infection for Surveillance in LTC Facilities
  • Guidelines for Eval of Fever and Infection
  • IDSA Diagnosis/Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
  • Guidelines for Antibiotic Resistant Organisms
  • Antimicrobial Use in LTC Facilities: SHEA Position Paper
  • Minimum Criteria for Initiation of Antibiotics in LTC Facilities
    • Minimum Criteria for Initiation of Antibiotics in LTC Facilities Printable Pocketcard
• Geriatrics Organizations
  • American Geriatrics Society
  • The Gerontological Society of America
  • International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Heart Failure

• 2017 Heart Failure Guidelines
• 2017 Guideline American College of Cardiology Points to Remember

Hypercholesterolemia

• 2013 ACC/AHA Guidelines

Hypertension

• 2017 Guideline for High Blood Pressure in Adults
• 2017 Hypertension Highlights
• Target BP
• BP Improvement Program
• High Blood Pressure Educational Materials for Professionals - CDC
• Understanding and Managing Your High Blood Pressure
• Taking Your Blood Pressure At Home

• How to Bill a Blood Pressure Monitor on the ForwardHealth Portal

Immunization Practice 

• ACIP Vaccine Recommendations and Guidelines
• CDC Immunization Schedules
  • Adults
  • Birth-18
  • Catch-Up Versions
• Medicare Pneumococcal and Influenza Billing Information
• CDC Recommendations for the Prevention of Herpes Zoster
• Conditions Commonly Misperceived as Contraindications

Opioid Use/Overdose Prevention

• Opioid Resources for Providers - Wisconsin Department of Health Services
• CDC Information for Providers

Tobacco Cessation

• University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI)
• CDC State and Community Resources