OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness and sustainability of a 6-month Team Education and Adherence Monitoring (TEAM) intervention for black patients with hypertension in community chain pharmacies. DESIGN Cluster randomized trial. SETTING 28 chain pharmacies (14 TEAM and 14 control) in five Wisconsin cities from December 2006 to February 2009. PARTICIPANTS 576 black patients with hyperten...

UNLABELLED Atrial fibrillation affects an estimated 5 million Americans and accounts for approximately 15% of all strokes. Few studies have successfully addressed patient screening, assessment, and introduction of appropriate antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation. OBJECTIVE To assess whether an intervention improved planned antithrombotic prescribing at the time of disch...

Objective: To evaluate the impact of pharmacist-led warfarin management and standardized treatment protocol. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out in a cardiology referral hospital located in central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 2009 to 2014. The inclusion criteria were: adult patients who were diagnosed and treated for atrial fibrillation (AF) with warfarin, attended the warfar...

OBJECTIVES Current evidence to support non-medical prescribing is predominantly qualitative, with little evaluation of accuracy, safety and appropriateness. Our aim was to evaluate a new model of service for the Australia healthcare system, of inpatient medication prescribing by a pharmacist in an elective surgery preadmission clinic (PAC) against usual care, using an endorsed performance frame...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To compare costs associated with a physician-pharmacist collaborative intervention with costs of usual care. DESIGN Cost analysis using health care utilization and outcome data from two prospective, cluster-randomized, controlled clinical trials. SETTING Eleven community-based medical offices. PATIENTS A total of 496 patients with hypertension; 244 were in the usual care (...

BACKGROUND Preventive treatment goals for blood pressure and cholesterol levels continue to be unmet for many coronary patients. The effect of drug treatment depends on both its appropriateness and the patients' adherence to the treatment regimen. There is a need for adherence interventions that have a measurable effect on clinical outcomes. OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate the effects o...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether home-based medication review by a pharmacist for at-risk older patients in a primary care setting can reduce hospital admissions. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial comparing home-based medication review with standard care. SETTING Home-based medication review of 136 patients registered with one general practice. METHOD Study participants were over 80 years of ...

Background Persistent opioid use frequently leads to substantial negative impacts on quality of life, and as the outlook for numerous cancer types continues improve, these complications become increasingly crucial. It is essential acknowledge that extended or excessive may result in adverse effects patients who completed radiation therapy (RT). Methods In this time-series analysis, we compared ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was twofold; 1) to develop a clinical pharmacist-led 12 month lasting follow-up program for patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) discharged from the University Hospital of North Norway, and 2) to explore the impact of the program with regards to adherence to a medication assessment tool for secondary prevention of CHD and change in biomedical ri...

BACKGROUND The economic burden of asthma, which relates to the degree of control, is €5 billion annually in Italy. Pharmacists could help improve asthma control, reducing this burden. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Medicines Use Reviews provided by community pharmacists in asthma. METHODS This cluster randomised, multi-centre, controlled trial in adul...