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AUGUST 30, 2023

Closing the Chronic Care Gap in Rural South Carolina

By Karen Blum

Integrating pharmacists into primary care clinics may close treatment gaps for patients with chronic disease living in rural areas, according to new research presented during the AMCP 2023 annual meeting, in San Antonio.

The South Carolina Pharmacy Association conducted three grant-supported pilot studies to integrate pharmacists into primary care practices for two days per week for 12 weeks. The strategy proved to be so successful that two of the practices hired pharmacists and a