Two clinical pharmacy faculty members from a college of pharmacy provide comprehensive\nmedication management in a rural family medicine clinic. The data was assessed for patients with\ndiabetes managed by the pharmacists from 1 January 2017 through to 31 December 2019 to determine\nthe serviceâ??s impact on patient outcomes. The primary outcome of this study is the change in the\ngoal attainment rates of the three clinical goals of hemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, and appropriate\nstatin therapy after pharmacist intervention. A total of 207 patients were included. At baseline,\nthe patients had an average of 1.13 of the three goals met, improving to an average of 2.02 goals\nmet after pharmacist intervention (p < 0.001). At baseline, 4.8% of the patients had met all three\nclinical goals, improving to 30.9% after pharmacist intervention (p < 0.001). There were significant\nimprovements for the individual goal attainment rates of hemoglobin A1c (24.15% vs. 51.21%,\np < 0.001), blood pressure (42.51% vs. 85.51%, p < 0.001), and appropriate statin therapy (45.89% vs.\n65.70%, p < 0.001). This data adds to the evidence supporting the integration of clinical pharmacists\ninto primary care clinics to improve patient outcomes related to diabetes.
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