Community Connected

CPESN® USA Luminary Paula Miller Talks About Providing Services to Disabled Patients

Paula Miller, a CPESN Kentucky Managing Network Facilitator, shares her personal passion for providing healthcare services to disabled patients. She is co-owner of Ruwe Pharmacy with three locations in northern Kentucky, and her pharmacy works with local agencies to deliver pharmacy services to patients living in group homes.

Bridging the Gap: Pathways to Care in Pharmacy Deserts

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When market pressures force independent community pharmacies to close their doors, patients lose access to healthcare and become stranded in pharmacy deserts. The distance to the nearest pharmacy becomes not just a matter of miles but a significant barrier to access and contributor to health disparities for patients without a vehicle or public transportation.

Community Connected: Multicultural Pittsburgh Pharmacy Serves Arabic-Speaking Patients

Chris Antypas, a CPESN® USA and Pennsylvania Pharmacist Care Network or PPCN (the CPESN network in Pennsylvania) Luminary, shares how Asti's South Hills Pharmacy in Pittsburgh cares for several hundred patients with Arabic as their primary language. The pharmacy has modified some processes to be sensitive to culture and religion, and added a pharmacist who speaks Arabic. Antypas says expanding services to meet community needs benefits the pharmacy as well as its patients.