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Pharmacist Intervention to Close Statin Gaps
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Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, talks about pharmacist intervention to close statin gaps with Jennifer L. Bacci, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Endowed Associate Professor in Innovative Pharmacy Practice at University of Washington School of Pharmacy. She's one of the co-authors of the JAMA article
Community Pharmacist Intervention to Optimize Statin Adherence in Diabetes Care.
In this episode Bacci explains why statin initiation is an important clinical gap for patients with diabetes and how pharmacist involvement can improve patient outcomes.
Chapters
1. Pharmacist Intervention to Close Statin Gaps (00:00:00)
2. Opening (00:01:35)
3. Why is statin initiation an increasingly important clinical gap for patients with diabetes? (00:08:50)
4. Results of Study with Pharmacists working with Prescribers to Close the "Statin Gap" (00:12:32)
5. How does pharmacist involvement with prescribing or initiating a medication regimen improve patient health outcomes? (00:18:39)
6. Closing (00:24:41)
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