Boost outcomes by adding a clinical pharmacist to the disease management team.
Because of the importance of drug therapy in managing heart failure, Duke University Medical Center wanted to research the impact of adding a clinical pharmacist to its CHF disease management team. Their strategy--and the impressive results--could be adapted by any DM effort in which appropriate drug therapy plays a major.
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D003142:Communication; D019468:Disease Management; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical; D010865:Pilot Projects