Improving Diabetes Outcomes Through Patient Eucation - Pharmacy Practice News
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Whether individualized or group-based, community- or hospital-centered, pharmacist-run diabetes education programs can improve patient self-management, reducing diabetes’ effects and helping prevent serious complications, according to several reports presented at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s (ACCP) 2012 Virtual Poster Symposium. ... Pharmacist-run programs will only be reimbursed if studies like these continue to be conducted, according to Brian Irons, PharmD, the division head of ambulatory care and an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s School of Pharmacy, in Lubbock. Read the full story >> |
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