Pharmacists and paramedics: An exploration toward the ideal interprofessional team to deliver home visits in the value‐based primary care setting

ABSTRACT The shift in health care toward value‐based payment models has allowed for the integration of pharmacists into innovative care models to improve patient outcomes. Home visits are useful in value‐based settings as they can enhance care management and help patients with complex needs manage their conditions. However, the ideal interprofessional team to conduct these home visits is unknown. In efforts to improve care and quality outcomes as well as assess feasibility and identify barriers to implementation, an interprofessional home visit team consisting of paramedics and pharmacists was utilized within a managed services organization. Pharmacists and paramedics possess the expertise and skill to manage primary care patients in the home setting to provide medication management and needs assessments. There is limited research on pharmacist‐paramedic collaboration in home visits in the value‐based primary care setting. In this article, experiences in conducting home visits with pharmacists and paramedics, the role of the pharmacist and the paramedic, and considerations regarding interprofessional home visit care are described in detail.