Pharmaceutical Care and Outcomes Research Lab
About PCOR
The Pharmaceutical Care Outcomes Research (PCOR) lab in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at The University of Toledo College of Pharmacy is proving that success with medication therapy management is not just for Asheville. PCOR has helped community pharmacies provide regimented patient care that changes lives and supports the bottom line. Since 2005, PCOR has coordinated patient care in pharmacies across the Northwest Ohio through practice-based research networks (PBRNs).
The mission of the PCOR lab is to improve healthcare costs and quality by using health related outcomes research. Members of the PCOR lab strive toward this mission by working collaboratively with clinicians, payers, and patients to identify appropriate interventions and therapies.
PCOR’s work has four primary goals:
- To assist pharmacists in developing, implementing, and evaluating Medication Therapy Management programs that lead to improved outcomes.
- To work with employers and health plans assisting them in indentifying interventions/programs that improves employee well-being and productivity while decreasing health care costs.
- To demonstrate improvements in the quality and effectiveness of care provided to patients.
- To facilitate decision making through assessment of outcomes.
Current Projects
- Evaluating Economic and Clinical Outcomes and Resource Utilization for the Lucas County Medication Therapy Management Program
- Evaluating Economic, Clinical, and Humanistic Outcomes and Resource Utilization for the City of Toledo Medication Therapy Management Program
- Improving Access to care and Outcomes for Underserved Patients with Diabetes
- Effect of Patient Adherence on Outcomes for Patients with Diabetes, Hypertension, and/or Hyperlipidemia Participating in a Multisite Employer-sponsored MTM Program
- Impact of Academic Detailing on Rx Changes to Decrease Costs and Improve Outcomes for Patients with GERD
Recent projects
- Identifying Factors that Affect Patients’ Willingness to Pay for Inhaled Insulin
- Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of a Modified Survey to Assess Patient Satisfaction with Mail-Order and Community Pharmacy Settings
- Evaluating clinical and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for patients with diabetes participating in a comprehensive disease management program
- Ohio physicians’ intent to adopt electronic prescribing
Contact Information
Director
Dr. Sharrel Pinto, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Health Care Administration
419.530.1906
sharrel.pinto@utoledo.edu
Research Associate
Robert Bechtol, Visiting Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Health Care Administration
Honorary Members
Dr. Monica Holiday-Goodman, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Health Care Administration
Dr. Varun Vaidya, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Health Care Administration
Research Assistants
Sara Holl, BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Gautam Partha, BPharm
