The evidence for pharmacist care in outpatients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pia M SchumacherNicolas BeckerRoss T TsuyukiNina Griese-MammenSheri L KoshmanMichael A McDonaldM Marcel BouvyFrans H RuttenUlrich LaufsMichael BöhmMartin SchulzPublished in: ESC heart failure (2021)
Results indicate that pharmacist care improves medication adherence and knowledge, symptom control, and some measures of quality of life in outpatients with HF. Given the increasing complexity of guideline-directed medical therapy, pharmacists' unique focus on medication management, titration, adherence, and patient teaching should be considered part of the management strategy for these vulnerable patients.
Keyphrases
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