Background: Few studies have reported the efficacy of collaborative care involving family
physicians and community pharmacists for patients with dyslipidemia. Methods: We …

BACKGROUND: Collaborative practices allow physicians and pharmacists to comanage
pharmacotherapy to maximize the benefits of medication regimens. The Trial to Evaluate an …

Introduction: In a physician‐pharmacist collaborative‐care (PPCC) intervention, community
pharmacists were responsible for initiating lipid‐lowering pharmacotherapy and adjusting …

Study Objectives. To objectively compare the results of a collaborative approach using
pharmacists with the results of usual care for achieving a low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol …

Background Creative, cost-effective interventions to improve the quality of care of chronic
illnesses are needed. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of remote physician …

Background: The Cincinnati (Ohio) Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Lipid
Clinic was established as a collaborative practice to treat patients with substantially elevated …

Study Objective. To evaluate whether a simple pharmacist protocol, consisting of patient
screening and cardiovascular risk stratification, identification and reminders about …

Observational studies have highlighted the challenges to delivering high-quality clinical
outcomes for patients in both settings. Avoidable adverse effects of medicines are a common …

Background Physician adherence to National Cholesterol Education Program clinical
practice guidelines has been poor. Methods We recruited 68 primary care family and …

The Cardiovascular Risk Identification and Treatment Center was established in 1997,
adopting a collaborative-care clinic model for the purpose of improving the management of …