RETRACTED: The Addition of Pharmacists on a Patient Care Team to Improve Diabetic Patient Outcomes

Heather Marie Pol

State of California, Vacaville, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/pp.2019.101002                

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.

Keywords

Diabetes, Pharmacist Intervention, Patient Care Team, Hemoglobin A1C%

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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