Brian Isetts, PhD, BCPS, FAPhA
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
Contact Info
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Care & Health Systems
Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Health Informatics
Affiliate Faculty, PRIME Institute
Clinical Titles: Consultant Pharmacist, Spring Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing Facility, Spring Valley, WI.
Fellowship, Pharmaceutical Clinical Scientist program, Kellogg Foundation Fellow
PhD, University of Minnesota (Social and Administrative Pharmacy), 1985
B. Sci. University of Wisconsin (Pharmacy) 1979
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties
Fellow - American Pharmacists Association, Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science
Summary
Dr. Isetts' field of expertise is in the scholarship of caring, specifically studying the outcomes of medication therapy management services provided in integrated, team-based care settings. Research interests focus on working with the person and family engagement (PFE) community empowering patients to improve confidence and shared decision-making in medication use. Brian has over 20 years of experience as an expert witness in pharmacolegal cases, and served as a Health Policy Fellow on extended sabbatical at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Washington, D.C.
Expertise
- Primary Representative for Pharmacy, American Medical Association, Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel
- Member, Workgroup 1-CPT Coding, Pharmacy Health Information Technology Collaborative
- Member, Interprofessional Geriatrics Coordinating Council, University of Minnesota, Northstar Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program
Awards & Recognition
Professional Associations
Research
Research Summary/Interests
- Team-based health care
- Patient-centered health homes
- Accountable care organizations
- Drug-related morbidity and mortality
- Clinical decision support
- Effectiveness of health care teams in redesigning the U.S. medication use system
- Evaluation of pharmacists contributions to improving care transitions and reducing readmissions
- The scholarship of learning in interprofessional education and practice
Publications
- Isetts BJ, Olson AW, Schommer JC. Reframing the medication experience in pharmacy using seminal concepts of patient-centered care - Implications for practice. Pharmacy: Journal of Pharmacy Education and Practice. 2021, Vol. 9, No. 9, doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy9010009.
- Chabot M, and Isetts BJ. Interprofessional collaborations with Occupational Therapists and Pharmacists in alternative payment models. Spec Interest Sec Quart Practice Connections (supp OT Practice). Feb. 2020; Vol. 5:15-18.
- Clay PG, Burns AL, Isetts BJ, et al. PaCIR: A tool to enhance pharmacist patient care intervention reporting. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2019; 59:615-623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2019.07.008.
- Merkey B, Pittenger AL, Reidt S, Isetts BJ. Drug therapy problems in NCAA Division I-A Minnesota Gopher student-athletes. Innovations in Pharmacy, 2019;10(2):Article 6. https://doi.org/10.24926/iip.v10i2.1965.Isetts BJ. Integrating medication therapy management services provided by community pharmacists into a community-based accountable care organization. Pharmacy: Journal of Pharmacy Education and Practice. 2017;5(56); https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy5040056.
- Olson AW, Isetts BJ, Kondic AM, Schommer JC. Comparing the research contributions of Community Pharmacy Foundation funding on practice innovation between non-academics and academics. Innovations in Pharmacy. 2017;8(3): Article 3.
- Isetts BJ, Buffington DE, Carter BL, et. al. Evaluation of pharmacist work in a collaborative model for hypertension. Pharmacotherapy, 2016; 36:374-84.
- Isetts BJ, Brummel AR, Ramalho de Oliveira D, and Moen DW.Managing drug-related morbidity and mortality in a patient-centered medical home. Med Care. 2012: 50;997-1001.
- Wagner D, Isetts BJ.Choosing to use the most powerful model in the world. Am J Hlth-syst Pharm. 2014: 71:1128-35.
- Isetts BJ.Pharmaceutical care, MTM, & payment: past, present, & future.Ann Pharmacother. 2012: 46;S47-S56.
- Isetts BJ.Engaging in rapid cycle innovation.Am J Pharm Educ.2012: 76 (3); Art. 37
- Isetts BJ, Brummel A, Oliviera DR, Moen D. Integration of medication therapy management services into care system redesign. Minn. Phys. Showcase competition award. 2010; 9:20.
- Cooke CE, Isetts BJ, Sullivan TE, Belletti D, and Fustgaard M. Potential value of electronic prescribing in health economic and outcomes research. Patient Rel. Outcome Meas. 2010; 1:1-16.
- Isetts BJ, Schondelmeyer SW, Artz MB, Lenarz LA, Heaton AH, Wadd WB, Brown LB, and Cipolle RJ. Clinical and economic outcomes of medication therapy management services: The Minnesota experience. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2008; 48:203-11.
- Isetts BJ, Buffington DE. CPT code-change proposal: National data on pharmacists' medication therapy management services. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2007; 47:491-95
- Isetts BJ, Schondelmeyer SW, Heaton AH, Wadd WB, Hardie NA and Artz MB. Effects of collaborative drug therapy management on patients' perceptions of care and health-related quality of life. Res Soc & Adm Pharm. 2006; 2:129-42.
- Isetts BJ, Brown LM, Schondelmeyer SW, Lenarz LA. Quality assessment of a collaborative approach for decreasing drug-related morbidity and achieving therapeutic goals. Arch Intern Med. 2003; 163:1813-20.