My Interprofessional Care Team for Adherence and Research Engagement Disparities

Description

MI-CARE is an innovative coordinated care team intervention to improve medication adherence and blood pressure derived from research findings that build on existing clinical practice. Designed with an eye toward sustainability, MI-CARE incorporates billable pharmacist and CHW services for patients with low medication adherence and high burdens of chronic illness and preventable consequences. MI-CARE offers interprofessional team care with comprehensive expertise and complementary skill sets that mitigate the silo effect of specialized medicine to deliver primary care to diverse, high-risk populations experiencing disparities in hypertension.

Conditions

Medication Adherence, Hypertension

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

MI-CARE is an innovative coordinated care team intervention to improve medication adherence and blood pressure derived from research findings that build on existing clinical practice. Designed with an eye toward sustainability, MI-CARE incorporates billable pharmacist and CHW services for patients with low medication adherence and high burdens of chronic illness and preventable consequences. MI-CARE offers interprofessional team care with comprehensive expertise and complementary skill sets that mitigate the silo effect of specialized medicine to deliver primary care to diverse, high-risk populations experiencing disparities in hypertension.

Pharmacist-CHW Team to Improve Medication Adherence and Reduce Hypertension

My Interprofessional Care Team for Adherence and Research Engagement Disparities

Condition
Medication Adherence
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Springfield

Caring Health Center, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, 01103

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. age ≥ 18 years;
  • 2. self-report cultural identity as African-American, or Latino;
  • 3. speak English, or Spanish;
  • 4. have medication-treated hypertension;
  • 5. use ≥5 chronic medications;
  • 6. have hypertension medication adherence \<85%; and
  • 7. able to provide informed consent.
  • 1. if project staff conclude that a candidate participant is unable to comprehend the informed consent process (because he/she offers an inappropriate response to consent questions); or
  • 2. if the candidate is hostile or unwilling to follow project protocols.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Arizona,

Jeannie K Lee, PharmD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy

Study Record Dates

2026-06-30