The Get the Medications Right (GTMRx) Institute is a multi-stakeholder collaboration formed to ensure the appropriate and personalized use of medication and gene therapies by advancing to a scientific, evidence-based, and cost-effective decision-making process and a team-based, systematic approach to medication use. Since its inception in 2017, over 950 individuals and organizations, including professional organizations, provider groups, patient advocacy and consumer groups, and pharmaceutical, diagnostics, and IT companies – together with employers and payers – have joined GTMRx in this work. GTMRx believes that achieving medication optimization for all patients will require changes in how health care is practiced, transformation in how health care services are paid for, access to and appropriate use of advanced diagnostics, and improved access to clinical data at the point of care. To drive these changes, GTMRx has leveraged the knowledge and skills of its members who serve on several interprofessional groups, including:
- Precision Medicine Enablement via Advanced Diagnostics Workgroup
- Practice and Care Delivery Transformation Workgroup
- Payment and Policy Solutions Workgroup
- Health Information Technology to Support Optimized Medication Use Workgroup
- Pharmacogenomics Payment and Policy Taskforce
The GTMRx Blueprint for Change outlines steps for medication optimization, including adoption of an evidence-based process of care, implementation of CMM, and application of a personalized approach that leads to better care, reduced costs, and improved patient satisfaction and provider work life. The Blueprint is based on 8 months of multi-stakeholder input and guidance to facilitate, engage, and promote medication optimization. The Blueprint Launch Resource Center contains several other useful items, including an evidence document summarizing key papers, case examples, FAQs, and social media tools. Please take a look at the Blueprint, share it with your colleagues, consider becoming a signing member (at no cost), and volunteer for a workgroup.
ACCP serves as a founding executive member of GTMRx, with Dr. C. Edwin Webb, ACCP consultant and senior policy advisor, representing the College on the Institute’s board of directors and ACCP staff Amie Brooks, Marcia Buck, Kathy Pham, and John McGlew serving as workgroup leads. The College would also like to recognize the ACCP members who are participating in the workgroups:
- Molly Ekstrand, Distinguished GTMRx Fellow*
- Curtis Haas*
- Keri Hager*
- Mary Roth McClurg*
- Shawn McFarland*
- Anthony Morreale*
- Heather Ourth*
- David Angaran
- Lori Armistead
- Meghan Arwood
- Craig Beavers
- Amanda Brummel
- Paul Bush
- Erica Crannage
- Brian Cross
- Malavika Deodhar
- Erica Dobson
- Krystal Edwards
- Roshni Emmons
- Philip Empey
- Shannon Finks
- Jimmi Hatton Kolpek
- Judith Jacobi
- Lara Kerwin
- Mary Ann Kliethermes
- Sarah McBane
- Randy McDonough
- Nathan Painter
- Allyson Schlichte
- Nicki Scovis
- Toby Trujillo
- Ashley Yost
*Workgroup lead.