A centralized cardiovascular risk service to improve guideline adherence in private primary care offices.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many large health systems now employ clinical pharmacists in team-based care to assist patients and physicians with management of cardiovascular (CV) diseases. However, small private offices often lack the resources to hire a clinical pharmacist for their office. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a centralized, web-based CV risk service (CVRS) managed by clinical pharmacists will improve guideline adherence in primary care medical offices in rural and small communities.

Methods

This study is a cluster randomized prospective trial in 12 primary care offices. Medical offices were randomized to either the CVRS intervention or usual care. The intervention will last for 12 months and all subjects will have research visits at baseline and 12 months. Prima

SUBMITTER: Carter BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4522340 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature