Evaluation of the prescribing practice of guideline-directed medical therapy among ambulatory chronic heart failure patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies have demonstrated that heart failure (HF) patients who receive direct pharmacist input as part of multidisciplinary care have better clinical outcomes. This study evaluated/compared the difference in prescribing practices of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for chronic HF patients between two multidisciplinary clinics-with and without the direct involvement of a pharmacist.

Methods

A retrospective audit of chronic HF patients, presenting to two multidisciplinary outpatient clinics between March 2005 and January 2017, was performed; a Multidisciplinary Ambulatory Consulting Service (MACS) with an integrated pharmacist model of care and a General Cardiology Heart Failure Service (GCHFS) clinic, without the active involvement of a pharmacist.

Resu

SUBMITTER: Parajuli DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893887 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature