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APhA Foundation Research Projects

The APhA Foundation is involved in a number of research projects that establish new models of practice for pharmacists and redefine patient care in pharmacy practice.  These include:

Alzheimer's Disease Screening Project: An Alzheimer’s Disease screening model in ambulatory care practice settings that improves the identification of patient patients who are at risk and treatment referral.
»  Alzheimer's Disease Screening Project  

Asheville Project: A community pharmacy-based, diabetes management program taking place in Asheville, North Carolina, that has shown to improve overall health, reduce absenteeism, shorten hospital stays and reduce health care costs.
»  The Asheville Project   

Diabetes Ten City Challenge: An innovative project conducted by the APhA Foundation that employers and communities can use to fight diabetes and reduce health care costs.
»  The Diabetes Ten City Challenge    

Patient Self-Management Program: Diabetes: To assess the outcomes for the first year following the initiation of a multisite community pharmacy care services (PCS) program for patients with diabetes.
»  Patient Self-Management Program: Diabetes   

Project ImPACT: Project ImPACT is a process of care requiring a collaborative effort among three essential health care parties: the patient (or caregiver), the patient's physician, and the pharmacist.  The Foundation's landmark demonstration project: Project ImPACT: Hyperlipidemia is the basis for many of the Foundation's current research projects.
»  Project ImPACT  

Project IMPACT: Diabetes: A national project designed to bring a proven inter-disciplinary collaborative diabetes care model to 25 high need communities across the U.S 
»  Project IMPACT: Diabetes 

APhA Foundation Research Principles

The APhA Foundation has employed a set of core prinicples throughout the implementation of its many successful research and demonstration projects. These prinicples have helped focus the Foundation's health care delivery innovation.
»  APhA Foundation Principles for Translation of Effective Care Models in Practice 

Map of Communities Involved in APhA Foundation Research Projects