TITLE:
RETRACTED: The Addition of Pharmacists on a Patient Care Team to Improve Diabetic Patient Outcomes
AUTHORS:
Heather Marie Pol
KEYWORDS:
Diabetes, Pharmacist Intervention, Patient Care Team, Hemoglobin A1C%
JOURNAL NAME:
Pharmacology & Pharmacy,
Vol.10 No.1,
January
14,
2019
ABSTRACT: As diabetes becomes more prevalent throughout the
United States, there is an increased demand for healthcare providers and
healthcare resources. Pharmacists have started to collaborate with primary care
providers, and through this collaboration, pharmacists are able to augment
patient care and provide additional resources to diabetic patients. This essay
reviews the effect of one clinic that incorporates pharmacist interventions as an addition to established patient care
teams, and evaluates the effect that the pharmacist interventions have on
patient hemoglobin A1C%. While this essay provides data to show the positive benefits of pharmacist intervention on
diabetes patients and A1C% goals, additional data and research are needed to demonstrate how pharmacists are a necessary addition to
patient care teams.