Community Pharmacy, Connected Across New England
Independent Pharmacies Working Together
Independent community pharmacies are one of the most accessible parts of the health care system. Patients know the staff, pharmacists understand the communities they serve, and care continues long after a prescription is filled.
CPESN New England brings more than 70 of these pharmacies together across Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Working as a regional network allows our pharmacies to strengthen patient care, share resources, and participate in new clinical and payment opportunities.
Who We Serve
CPESN New England gives patients, community organizations, health care partners, and independent pharmacies a practical way to connect with trusted local pharmacy care.
Patients and Communities
Our participating pharmacies know the communities they serve and offer personal care that continues beyond filling a prescription. Services vary by pharmacy.
Health Care and Community Partners
Health plans, health systems and other health care providers, community organizations and more can use CPESN New England as one point of contact for reaching independent pharmacies across the region.
Independent Pharmacies
Member pharmacies work alongside peers across six states, share resources, strengthen their patient-care services, and prepare for new partnership and payment opportunities.
Partner With CPESN New England
Have a program or community need that could benefit from local pharmacy involvement? CPESN New England can help health plans, health systems and other health care providers, community organizations and more connect with participating pharmacies across the region for patient outreach, immunization clinics, medication support, health education, and other local initiatives.
Leadership & Luminaries
Tyler Posser
Ed Schreiner, Network Luminary
Timothy Fensky, Managing Network Facilitator, Network Luminary
Oleg Urim, Network Luminary
Alex Doyle, Network Luminary
Saad Dinno, Network Luminary
Jeffrey Hochberg, Network Luminary
Laks Pudipeddi, Network Luminary
Glenn Perreault, Network Luminary
Yehia Ayra, Network Luminary
Ed Funaro, Network Luminary
Join CPESN New England
Interested in joining a regional network of independent community pharmacies? Contact us to learn about membership, participation requirements, and next steps.
Network Standards
Participating CPESN New England pharmacies meet six minimum service requirements that support consistent, patient-centered care across the network. Select a service below to learn more.
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Comprehensive Medication Reviews
Offering a systematic assessment of medications, including prescription, over-the-counter, herbal medications and dietary supplements to identify medication-related problems, prioritize a list of medication therapy problems and create a patient-specific plan to resolve medication therapy problems working with the extended healthcare team.
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Medication Synchronization Program
Aligning a patient’s routine medications to be filled at the same time each month. The pharmacists will provide clinical medication management and monitoring for progression toward desired therapeutic goals during the patient appointment at time of medication pick-up or delivery.
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Immunizations
Screening patients for ACIP recommended immunizations, educate patients about needed immunizations and administer immunizations when appropriate.
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Medication Reconciliation
Comparing a patient’s medication orders to all of the medications that the patient has been taking (active, chronic, as needed and OTC including herbal) to avoid medication errors. This service is especially important during transitions of care when patients are most vulnerable to medication errors or mishaps.
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Personal Medication Record
Providing each patient a comprehensive list of current patient medications manually or from dispensing software.
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Face-to-Face Access
Providing each patient receiving a dispensed medication from the participating pharmacy ready access to unscheduled face-to-face meeting(s) with a pharmacist employed by the participating CPESN pharmacy during operational hours. For pharmacies not staffing a pharmacist during operational hours, a non-pharmacist involved in the patient’s care must be available for the unscheduled face-to-face visit as well as a pharmacist via appropriate telecommunication methods upon request by the patient or the pharmacy staff-person who provides service in support of that pharmacy.