Implementation and evaluation of a pharmacist-led hypertension management service in primary care: outcomes and methodological challenges.
Beata V BajorekKate S LeMayParker J MaginChristopher RobertsInes KrassCarol L ArmourPublished in: Pharmacy practice (2016)
A collaborative, pharmacist-led hypertension management service can help monitor BP, improve medication adherence, and optimise therapy in a step-wise approach. However, blood pressure screening can effect behaviour change in patients, presenting methodological challenges in the evaluation of services in this context.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- primary care
- healthcare
- mental health
- end stage renal disease
- hypertensive patients
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- quality improvement
- heart rate
- prognostic factors
- metabolic syndrome
- type diabetes
- mesenchymal stem cells
- bone marrow
- weight loss
- general practice
- insulin resistance