A5030068259- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Pharmacy and Medical Practices
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
University of Illinois Chicago
2009-2024
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2023
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
2008
Clinical pharmacists and health coaches using mobile (mHealth) tools, such as telehealth text messaging, may improve blood glucose levels in African American Latinx populations with type 2 diabetes.To determine whether clinical mHealth tools can hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels.This randomized trial included 221 or patients diabetes elevated HbA1c (≥8%) from an academic medical center Chicago. Adult aged 21 to 75 years were enrolled March 23, 2017, through January 8, 2020. Patients the...
Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of clinical pharmacists and community health workers ( CHW s) in improving glycemic control within a low‐income ethnic minority population. Methods In two‐arm 2‐year crossover trial, 179 African‐American 65 Hispanic adult patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (hemoglobin A 1c [Hb A1C ] 8% or higher) were randomized to support either during first second year study. All participants received pharmacist for both years The primary outcome was...
Given the increasing prevalence of diabetes and lack patients reaching recommended therapeutic goals, novel models team-based care are emerging. These teams typically include a combination physicians, nurses, case managers, pharmacists, community-based peer health promoters (HPs). Recent evidence supports role pharmacists in management to improve glycemic control, as they offer expertise medication with ability collaboratively intensify therapy. However, few studies pharmacy-based have...
Background: Medication therapy management is widely promoted to improve care. However, few well-controlled studies have evaluated its impact. Objectives: We whether enrollment in a comprehensive medication clinic (MTMC) was associated with improved 12-month outcomes. Methods: This institutional review board approved study retrospective controlled cohort an academic health center serving low-income, African American and Latino populations. Between 2001 2011 MTMC patients were matched control...
Experience with a referral-based medication therapy management (MTM) clinic in university medical center is described.The MTM clinic's mission to assist patients who take multiple medications due chronic conditions the of their drug improve or maintain health and prevent minimize drug-related problems. The clinical services provided at have evolved into comprehensive program providing five distinct service areas: access, adherence, coordination care, review, education. During initial visits,...
Background Aggressive management of blood glucose, pressure, and cholesterol through medication lifestyle adherence is necessary to minimize the adverse health outcomes type 2 diabetes. However, numerous psychosocial environmental barriers prevent low-income, urban, ethnic minority populations from achieving their goals, resulting in diabetes complications. Health coaches working with clinical pharmacists represent a promising strategy for addressing common barriers. Mobile (mHealth) tools...
Prolongation of the corrected QT interval can lead to deadly arrhythmia torsades de pointes. There are many risk factors for prolongation, one being medication. The goal this case report is add limited literature surrounding possibility pointes when levofloxacin and fluconazole used concomitantly. Additionally, provide guidance patient that need be assessed prescribing two drugs.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of stroke and direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are first-line agents for prevention. Gaps in literature cause reluctance prescribing DOACs patients with renal dysfunction and/or extremes body weight.To evaluate impact weight function have on major clinically relevant nonmajor (CRNM) bleeding events ischemic strokes AF receiving a DOAC.This retrospective cohort study included adults nonvalvular atrial (NVAF) or flutter (AFL) DOAC ≥12 months. The...
Purpose: In 2001, the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) established a pharmacist-run, referral-based medication therapy management clinic (MTMC). Referrals are obtained from any UI provider or by self-referral. Although there is high volume referrals, large percentage patients do not enroll. This study was designed to determine various factors that influence patient enrollment in MTMC. Methods: retrospective chart review demographic variable data during...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Aggressive management of blood glucose, pressure, and cholesterol through medication lifestyle adherence is necessary to minimize the adverse health outcomes type 2 diabetes. However, numerous psychosocial environmental barriers prevent low-income, urban, ethnic minority populations from achieving their goals, resulting in diabetes complications. Health coaches working with clinical pharmacists represent a promising strategy for addressing common barriers....