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Number 6 / November - December 2008
Robert L McCarthy
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To provide a brief introduction to the ethical and, to some extent, the legal issues surrounding patient privacy and confidentiality. DATA SYNTHESis: The privacy of patient medical records and patient confidentiality has moved to the forefront of ethical and legal...
Kelly L Scolaro
Paul Donaldson Minor, G Elliott Cook
Letter
Hillary Powell, Jihyun Yoon
Letter
Rosalyn S Padiyara
Colleen M Terriff, Sara Newton
Sara Newton
Jennifer Cerulli
Jann B Skelton
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this initiative was to establish a Coordinating Council to Improve Collaboration in Supporting Patients with Alzheimer's Disease. The Council convened on March 5-6, 2008, in Washington, DC. The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation, in conjunction...
Carrie L Johnson, Amy Nicholas, Holly Divine, Donald G Perrier, Karen Blumenschein, Douglas T Steinke
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OBJECTIVE: To describe outcomes attained by the DiabetesCARE component of the PharmacistCARE program, which is an innovative pharmacy practice model implemented within a self-insured employer. DESIGN: Descriptive nonexperimental study. SETTING: University of Kentucky (UK), from March 2003 through December 2006....
Bridger DeName, Holly Divine, Amy Nicholas, Douglas T Steinke, Carrie L Johnson
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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of pharmacist recommendations to health care providers, as part of PharmacistCARE, a single-center, pharmacist-run, diabetes medication therapy management (MTM) service. If the recommendation was accepted, a secondary objective was to measure the length of...
Bijal M Shah, Gireesh V Gupchup, Matthew E Borrego, Dennis W Raisch, Katherine K Knapp
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OBJECTIVES: To assess the frequency of untreated, self-reported depressive symptoms in a cross section of adult ambulatory patients with type 2 diabetes and to identify demographic and/or clinical characteristics associated with depressive symptoms in study patients. DESIGN: Cross-sectional...
Gretchen L Kummer, Leigh L Foushee
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OBJECTIVES: To describe the characteristics of pharmacist immunizers and pharmacist-based immunization services in North Carolina based on immunizing pharmacist survey responses and to identify barriers and challenges to pharmacist-based immunization services in North Carolina. DESIGN: Descriptive, nonexperimental, cross-sectional...
Jennifer Elston Lafata, Mirela Cerghet, Elizabeth Dobie, Lonni Schultz, Kaan Tunceli, Jacqueline Reuther, Stanton Elias
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OBJECTIVES: To measure disease-modifying agent adherence and persistence among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Multispecialty, salaried group practice in southeast Michigan, between June 1, 2004, and June 30, 2006. PATIENTS: 224 insured adult patients with...
Annie Y Lam, Yang Chung
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the establishment, implementation, and economic outcomes of a pharmacist-conducted on-site influenza vaccination service in an assisted-living facility (ALF). DESIGN: Retrospective descriptive report. SETTING: 75-unit senior housing complex in the International District of Seattle, WA,...
Salisa C Westrick, Jeanine K Mount, Suntaree Watcharadamrongkun, Michelle L Breland
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OBJECTIVES: To describe pharmacy stages of involvement in outsourced and inhouse immunization services and to explore the variability of stages of involvement across the sampled states. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Community pharmacies in 17 states, between July 2005 and February...
Tammy L Humphries, Thomas Delate, Dennis K Helling, Bruce Richardson
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of an automated dispensing system (ADS) on pharmacy staff work activities and job satisfaction. DESIGN: Cross-sectional, retrospective study. SETTING: Kaiser Permanente Colorado (KPCO) outpatient pharmacies in September 2005. PARTICIPANTS: Pharmacists and technicians from 18 outpatient...
Brett Feret, Jeffrey Bratberg
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OBJECTIVE: To assess views of disaster preparation and readiness of assisted-living residents after a comprehensive program developed and presented by pharmacists on the importance of preparing for an emergency, specifically regarding organizing of medical information. METHODS: Four assisted-living facilities...
Michael J Miller, Mary Ann Abrams, Barbara McClintock, Matthew A Cantrell, Corey D Dossett, Erin M McCleeary, Meridith J McGee, Kelly J O'Keefe, Emily R Sager
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OBJECTIVE: To describe readiness to use clear health communication principles with a pharmacist before and after participating in the Ask Me 3 (What is my main problem?, What do I need to do?, Why is it important for me to do...
Holly Divine, Amy Nicholas, Carrie L Johnson, Donald G Perrier, Douglas T Steinke, Karen Blumenschein
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To describe the PharmacistCARE program, an innovative pharmacy practice model implemented within a self-insured employer and to describe lessons learned by the authors in implementing and maintaining the program. SETTING: University of Kentucky (UK), March 2003 to present. PRACTICE...
Case Reports
Daniel M Riche, Honey E East, Heather M Priest
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OBJECTIVE: To report a case and describe a practical approach to treating dyslipidemia in a very-high-risk patient with elevated lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]. SETTING: Pharmacist-managed lipid clinic, from November 2006 to July 2007. PATIENT DESCRIPTION: A 50-year-...
Biography
Dennis B Worthen
Catherine N Pearce, Jess L O'Laughlin, Mary S Hayney
Daniel A Hussar
Sheila M Seed