Clinical Review
Improving Diabetes Care
The Role of Pharmacist-Managed Clinics
Fed Pract. 2004 November;21(11):11
Author and Disclosure Information
Kevin Wright, BS Pharm, MBA, Maj, USAF and Andrew B. Meadows, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, Maj, USAF
At the time of this study, Maj Wright was the pharmacist for the diabetes specialty clinic at McChord Air Force Base Clinic, 62nd Medical Group, McChord Air Force Base, WA. Currently, he is the chief of the medical material branch for the Defense Medical Standardization Board, Fort Detrick, MD. Maj Meadows is a student at Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL.
Tight blood glucose control often requires extensive patient education, close monitoring, and frequent therapeutic adjustments. Can pharmacists take on this responsibility in a specialty clinic setting and achieve favorable outcomes?