BACKGROUND Heart failure (HF) care takes place in multiple settings, with a variety of providers, and generally involves patients who have multiple comorbidities. This situation is a "perfect storm" of factors that predispose patients to medication errors. METHODS AND RESULTS The goals of this paper are to outline potential roles for clinical pharmacists in a multidisciplinary HF team, to doc...

INTRODUCTION Urgent care centers represent a high-volume outpatient setting where antibiotics are prescribed frequently but resources for antimicrobial stewardship may be scarce. In 2015, our pharmacist-led Emergency Department (ED) culture follow-up program was expanded to include two urgent care (UC) sites within the same health system. The UC program is conducted by ED and infectious disease...

OBJECTIVES To determine if medication review by a clinical pharmacist of older patients in the ED impacted on admission to hospital and other outcomes. METHODS A stratified, randomised controlled study comparing the intervention to current practice. A tertiary referral ED in New South Wales, Australia. Older people (>70 years) living at home who initially reported taking greater than five med...

UNLABELLED Physician led collaborative drug therapy management utilizing clinical pharmacists to aid in the medication management of patients with hypertension has been shown to improve blood pressure control. With recommendations for lower blood pressures in patients with coronary artery disease, a cardiologist-pharmacist collaborative care model may be a novel way to achieve these more rigoro...

Unexpected growth in medication use has escalated demand for pharmacists that has outpaced supply. Responses to the pharmacist shortage include larger workloads and greater use of pharmacist extenders and technology. As the profession has moved from a product orientation (dispensing medications) to a patient focus, clinical training requirements have expanded. However, structural and process ba...

infections of the cerebrospinal shunts and other neurosurgical structures are not uncommon in the clinical practice. these infections are mostly clinical emergencies carrying negative prognostic impacts on the patients as well as spending healthcare resources. the low pathogenicity nature of some implicated pathogens results in minimal physical signs that may complicate the diagnosis and mislea...

Background The progress in aging and the shortage of physicians is a significant problem in Japan. Hence, healthcare professionals including pharmacists should cooperate to provide medical services with limited resources. However, pharmacists might have inadequate skills in taking medical histories. Therefore, we developed an interview tool to collect accurate medical history. In this study, we...

PURPOSE Changes in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA(1c)) levels, blood pressure measurements, and utilization metrics among diabetic patients managed by a clinical pharmacist were studied. SUMMARY This pharmacist intervention model was developed by Polk County, Florida, to engage patients with diabetes in managing their health based on the Asheville Project's framework. The diabetes program was i...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a pharmacist can effectively review repeat prescriptions through consultations with elderly patients in general practice. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial of clinical medication review by a pharmacist against normal general practice review. SETTING Four general practices. PARTICIPANTS 1188 patients aged 65 or over who were receiving at least one repeat pre...

Abstract: Objectives: Drug Therapy Management is a collaborative approach between physician and pharmacist. Implementation of DTM in hospitals have higher chance reducing DRP’s increase patients’ Quality Life. The aim this study to evaluate types, frequency, ways for minimizing Related Problems identify the role clinical pharmacist Management. Methods: A Prospective Observational was carried ou...