Effectiveness of Clinical Pharmacist Directed-Diabetes Management

Clinical impact of a pharmacist-managed diabetes mellitus drug therapy management service.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacist interventions, including drug therapy management, on outcomes relevant to diabetes mellitus. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Ambulatory, multispecialty physician group practice within a managed care environment in suburban Chicago, Illinois. PATIENTS Three hundred sixteen patients aged 18 years or older, with a diagn...

Effectiveness of Group-Based Diabetes Self-Management Education in Type II Diabetes Patients in Yazd

Abstract Objective: The aim of current study was evaluation of group-based diabetes self-management education (group-based DSME) effectiveness in improving glycemic control among type 2 diabetic patients attending the Yazd Diabetes Research Center in 2014. Materials and Methods: The study design was quasi-experimental with control group.In this study, 62 diabetic patients were randomly a...

Diabetes Literacy. Enhancing the effectiveness of diabetes self-management education

Physician–Pharmacist Collaborative Management

Over 80 million American adults were diagnosed with hypertension in 2011, and there was a 39% increase in deaths related to hypertension between 2001 and 2011. Hypertension was associated with $46.4 billion in direct and indirect costs in the United States in 2011. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data analyses have found that individuals from under-represented minority groups o...

ACCP Clinical Pharmacist Competencies.

The purpose of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) is to advance human health by extending the frontiers of clinical pharmacy. Consistent with this mission and its core values, ACCP is committed to ensuring that clinical pharmacists possess the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary to deliver comprehensive medication management (CMM) in team-based, direct patient ca...