Pharmacists and Heart Failure: Room for Intervention in Every Practice Setting

This afternoon's blog highlights the recently published Pharmacy Times article, "Pharmacists and Heart Failure: Room for Intervention in Every Practice Setting." Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP writes that heart failure caused 1 out of 9 deaths in 2009 and that this disease can be deadly in 50% of patients unless care and adherence to drugs is sought out.

Just this year a team of researchers from Adelaide, Australia published a report of the pharmacist's role in heart disease management.

Wick continues, "Their review focuses on drug adherence, discharge counseling, medication reconciliation, telephone follow-up, and recommendation from evidence-based medicines. Although these are not the only ways in which pharmacists can help manage HF, they are the most common interventions."

Read the full article HERE to find more information on this study.

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