Partners in D Presentations & Publications
Publications:
- Lai CJ, Smith AR, Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Lipton HL. Promoting Interprofessional Collaboration: Pharmacy Students Teaching Current and Future Prescribers about Medicare Part D. J Manag Care Pharm. 2011 Jul;17(6):439-48.
- Cutler TW, Stebbins MR, Smith AR, Patel RA, Lipton HL. Promoting Access and Reducing Expected Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Vulnerable Medicare Beneficiaries: A Pharmacist-Directed Model. Med Care. 2011 Apr;49(4):343-7.
- Lipton HL. Pharmacists and Health Reform: Go for It! Pharmacotherapy. 2010 Oct;30(10):967-72.
- Lipton HL, Lai CJ, Cutler TW, Smith AR, Stebbins MR. Peer-to-Peer Teaching of Medicare Part D: A Novel Approach to Interdisciplinary Health Policy Education. Am J Pharm Educ. 2010;74(6) Article 102.
- Lipton HL. Home Is Where the Health Is: Advancing Team-Based Care in Chronic Disease Management. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(21):1945-1948.
- Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Corelli RC, Smith AR, Lipton HL. Evaluation of a Medicare Part D Community Outreach Train-the-Trainer Program for Pharmacy Faculty. Am J Pharm Educ. 2009;73(3) Article 53.
- Patel R, Lipton HL, Cutler TW, Smith AR, Stebbins MR. Cost-Minimization of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Expenditures through Student Pharmacist Interventions. American Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy. 2009;15(8).
- Cutler TW, Stebbins MR, Lai E, Smith AR, Lipton HL. Problem-based Learning Using the Online Medicare Part D Plan Finder Tool. Am J Pharm Educ. 2008;72(3) Article 47.
Oral Presentations:
- Smith AR, Cutler TW, Stebbins MR, Lipton HL. Impact of Student Pharmacist Promoting Access and Reducing Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Vulnerable Medicare Patients. Podium presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, November 2010. Denver, CO.
- Lipton HL. The Impact of Health Care Reform on Clinical Pharmacy: A Call to Action! Keynote address at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Spring Practice and Research Forum, April 2010. Charlotte, NC.
- Lai CJ, Smith AR, Cutler TW, Stebbins MR, Lipton HL. Teaching Multi-Level Learners How to Help Their Underserved Medicare Part D Patients: A Statewide Expansion of an Interprofessional Peer Educator Program. Podium presentation at the Western Group on Educational Affairs Annual Meeting, April 2010. Pacific Grove, CA.
- Lai CJ, Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Smith AR, Lipton HL. Peer-to-Peer Teaching of Medicare Part D: A Novel Approach to Interdisciplinary Health Policy Education for Medical/Nursing Students and Residents. Podium presentation at the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Education Day, April 2009. San Francisco, CA.
- Lipton HL, Patel R, Smith AR, Cutler TW, Stebbins MR. Impact of student pharmacist interventions on Medicare Part D beneficiaries' out-of-pocket prescription drug plan costs. Oral Presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, October 2008. San Diego, CA.
- Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Corelli RC, Smith AR, Lipton HL. Evaluation of a Medicare Part D community outreach train-the-trainer program for pharmacy faculty. Oral presentation at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, May 2008. Lexington, KY.
Posters:
- Lipton HL, Smith AR, Cutler TW, Corelli RC, Singh RF, Lu DH, Kreager JD, Stebbins MR. Making Room in the Medical Home: The Impact of Pharmacists on Low-Income Medicare Patients’ Access, Quality of Care and Out-of-Pocket Costs. Poster presentation for the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, June 2011. Seattle, WA.
- Lai CJ, Smith AR, Cutler TW, Stebbins MR, Lipton HL. Using Health Policy Education Targeted toward Underserved Patients to Promote Interdisciplinary Collaboration. Poster presentation for the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, June 2010. Boston, MA.
- Lipton HL, Smith AR, Cutler TW, Stebbins MR. Promoting Access and Reducing Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs for Vulnerable Medicare Part D Patients. Poster presentation for the AcademyHealth Annual Meeting, June 2010. Boston, MA.
- Lai CJ, Smith AR, Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Lipton HL. Helping Underserved Medicare Part D Patients through a Statewide Expansion of an Interprofessional Peer Educator Program. Poster presentation for the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, April 2010. Minneapolis, MN.
- Lai CJ, Smith AR, Cutler TW, Stebbins MR, Lipton HL. Teaching Multi-Level Learners How to Help Their Underserved Medicare Part D Patients: A Statewide Expansion of an Interprofessional Peer Educator Program. Poster presentation for the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Education Day, April 2010. San Francisco, CA.
- Lai CJ, Stebbins MR, Cutler TW, Smith AR, Lipton HL. Peer-to-Peer Teaching of Medicare Part D: A novel approach to interdisciplinary health policy education for medical students and internal medicine residents. Poster presentation for the Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, May 2009. Miami Beach, FL. Stebbins MR, Patel R, Cutler TW, Smith AR, Shimomura S, Patel V, Tsunoda SM, Mallari Yamzon J, Mirzaian E, Lipton HL. Targeted Community Outreach Reduces Out-of-Pocket Prescription Drug Costs of Medicare Part D Beneficiaries. Poster Presentation for the International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Annual Meeting, 2009. Orlando, Florida.
- Lipton HL, Patel R, Smith AR, Cutler TW, Stebbins MR. Student Pharmacist Interventions Lead to Cost Minimization of Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan Costs. Poster Presentation for the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Annual Meeting, 2008. Toronto, Canada.
Importance of Research
The success and impact of Partners in D programs on seniors, student pharmacists, and faculty peers is being constantly evaluated by the Partners in D faculty from 7 participating California schools of pharmacy.
Their research results appear in professional journals and is shared with health sciences audiences at professsional meetings and poster sessions.


