Oxford, Miss. – Mississippi is classified downwards of the nation in healthy life measures, the preventable uses of the hospital and medical inequalities. Lindsey Miller, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Mississippi, wants to help change this.
Miller is one of the five academics selected in American schools and pharmacy colleges for the 2024-25 National Foundation of the Pharmacy of the Association of Channels Program of faculty researchers. It will engage in an 18 -month -old mentoring program to study how drug delivery personnel can influence and improve community health.
“My research will assess the impact of the use of community pharmacy delivery staff to administer screening for social needs and collaborate with a trained pharmacy technician – who is known as a community health worker – to conduct references to resources community, “she said.
She will associate with G & M pharmacy in Oxford for the study.
“We, in the community of pharmacy and health, want to do everything you need to improve things for our patients,” said Bob Lomenick, owner of G&M Pharmacy and Tyson Drugs Inc.
“Whether it is to get our patients to help transport the doctor or to help reduce prescription costs, thanks to Lindsey’s advice, we are able to work together to do exactly this. “”
THE Commonwealth Fund report 2023 Mississippi listed like no. 51 in the performance of the health system and the state Locked badly in many other health care measures.
Miller asked to become a faculty researcher of the NACDS Foundation because she wanted to exploit his research skills and provide quality research based on community pharmacy and centered on the patient.
“I knew that this program would allow me to teach me incredible and experienced mentors and to carry out a significant research project from start to finish,” she said.
Meagan A. Brown, associate teacher at the clinic of pharmacy practiceNo doubt that Miller would be accepted in the Scholars program.
“Her passion, motivation and commitment to the progress of the practice of community pharmacy have been obvious since she is a student here in Ole Miss,” said Brown, also director of the Center for Clinical Science and Translational.
The work in progress between the Mississippi pharmacies and the COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICE NETWORKOr CPESN, the health equity program motivated Miller to conduct this research.
Lindsey Miller joins G&M Pharmacy in Oxford to study how pharmacies delivery staff can influence and improve community health. Photo by Srijita Chattopadhyay / Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services
“I was inspired by the CPESN Initiative to transform pharmacy technicians as a community health workers and to take advantage of all members of pharmacy staff to identify and treat health disparities in the Patient life, “said Miller.
The project will follow the frequency to which delivery staff give social needs of screening and how many of these projections identify the need for support or driving to help the patient.
“The promotion of the next generation of managers is the key to ensuring future public health innovations,” said Sara Roszak, president of the NACDS Foundation.
“To date, 50 researchers have participated in this program, and everyone has made significant contributions to the results for the health and health of the population.”
Miller will share the results of his research in July at American Pharmacy College Association Annual meeting in Chicago. It also plans to prepare a manuscript and submit it for publication.
“Know how great the program is – focusing on the development of research skills and necessary connections to teachers in the world of community pharmacy – I could not think of a better suitable for Lindsey,” said Brown .
Above: Lindsey Miller, assistant teacher of pharmacy practice, plans to study how drug delivery personnel can influence and improve community health as part of their 18 -month mandate as a national stock market foundation Foundation of pharmacies. Photo by Srijita Chattopadhyay / Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services