Patient Self-Management Program for Diabetes: First-Year Clinical, Humanistic, and Economic Outcomes

Effects of an additional pharmaceutical care intervention versus usual care on clinical outcomes of Type 2 diabetes patients in Nigeria: A comparative study

“…Pharmacist-administered diabetes education and management services have been shown to improve glycemic control over standard treatment, as well as to improve control of blood pressure, hyperlipidemia and increase in the frequency of aspirin use (Keil and McCord, 2005). Garrett and Bluml (2005) demonstrated that patients who participated in the pharmaceutical care intervention had significant improvement in clinical indicators of diabetes management, higher rates of selfmanagement goal setting and achievement, and increased satisfaction with diabetes care.…”

Medical Claim Cost Impact of Improved Diabetes Control for Medicare and Commercially Insured Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

“…A positive short-term impact on reducing A1c and costs has been reported, but the benefit has been shown to decline a few months after the intervention ceases. 39,40,[43][44][45][46][47] Value-based benefit designs (VBBD) for commercially insured populations, in which copayments for chronic diabetes drug therapies are reduced, have been associated with improved patient compliance with diabetes drug therapy. 48 Elasticity between utilization of health care services and member copayment level is well established and is the foundation of VBBD initiatives for improving compliance with chronic disease drug treatment therapies.…”

Implementation of a financially incentivized weight loss competition into an already established employee wellness program

“…Utilizing pharmacist's clinical expertise and knowledge of pharmacological and non-pharmacological disease state therapy, previous research has shown that pharmacistdirected services can have a significant effect on patient's clinical, humanistic, and economic outcomes. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] A study by DiDonato, et al demonstrated that pharmacist-directed wellness coaching provided significant improvements in cardiovascular risk. 22 Pharmacist providers of the DiDonato, et al study provided education and coaching for patients categorized into cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, and weight monitoring groups.…”