Members of our team had the opportunity to present a new poster abstract at the NASP 2024 Annual Meeting held October 6 – 9.

Authors

Brooke Stephen, PharmD Candidate 2025 | Anthony DeAngelis III, PharmD, CSP | Carly Giavatto, PharmD | Casey Fitzpatrick, PharmD, BCPS | Andrew Wash, PharmD, PhD | Ana I. Lopez-Medina, PharmD, PhD ​| Amber Skrtic, PharmD, CSP, AAHIVP | Jami Schell, PharmD | Jessica Mourani, PharmD 

Background

• Health literacy is a critical component of one’s health care status as patients with limited health literacy have difficulties managing chronic conditions, poor adherence, and, consequently, higher rates of hospitalization.^1,2
• For patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), research has revealed that patients with higher health literacy have a better understanding of their disease state compared to patients with lower health literacy.³ ​
• The health-system specialty pharmacy (HSSP) model has been shown to improve medication access, adherence, and persistence, resulting in optimized clinical outcomes.⁴​
• Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are increasingly being utilized in HSSP practice to assess patients’ experiences and health status to aid in clinical decision making.

Objectives

• The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between health literacy and the change in patient-reported RA disease activity after treatment initiation.

Read about the team’s findings by downloading the outcomes study below.

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