'Tune-up' Clinics Help Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
MAY 29, 2018
Jeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP
If glycemic control was easy, all of our patients who have type 2 diabetes (T2D) would have tight glycemic control. That is simply not the case.
Clinicians often struggle to find appropriate combinations of medications that can keep patients' blood sugars in an acceptable range. Ultimately, patients may need complicated or complex medication regimens. As medication regimen complexity increases, adherence, and clinical outcomes decrease.
Pharmacists from the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego,La Jolla, CA have published a study that compares changes in medication regimen complexity in patients with uncontrolled T2D who were referred to a collaborative pharmacist-endocrinologist. Patients saw these teams in Diabetes Intense Medical Management (DIMM) clinics. The authors describe these clinics as delivering a 'tune up' model. They compared their outcomes to those of similar patients receiving usual primary care provider (PCP) care over 6 months.
Clinicians often struggle to find appropriate combinations of medications that can keep patients' blood sugars in an acceptable range. Ultimately, patients may need complicated or complex medication regimens. As medication regimen complexity increases, adherence, and clinical outcomes decrease.
Pharmacists from the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at UC San Diego,La Jolla, CA have published a study that compares changes in medication regimen complexity in patients with uncontrolled T2D who were referred to a collaborative pharmacist-endocrinologist. Patients saw these teams in Diabetes Intense Medical Management (DIMM) clinics. The authors describe these clinics as delivering a 'tune up' model. They compared their outcomes to those of similar patients receiving usual primary care provider (PCP) care over 6 months.
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