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By: NewsRamp Editorial Staff
November 16, 2024
Feedback to Pharmacists Improves Heart Failure Patient Care
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- Pharmacists who received real-time feedback on heart failure patients increased patient interactions and adjusted more medications, providing a competitive advantage in patient care.
- Primary care pharmacists in the Veterans Health Administration System received education, feedback, and targeted information to improve heart failure medication management, resulting in increased patient care.
- This intervention improves heart failure management, leading to better patient outcomes and addressing the major public health burden of heart failure, making tomorrow better than today.
- Preliminary findings show an increase in frequency of heart failure management and medication adjustments, providing valuable insights into improving patient care and medication therapy.
Impact - Why it Matters
This news matters because it highlights a practical intervention that could significantly improve heart failure and chronic disease management. The study's findings suggest that providing real-time feedback to primary care pharmacists can lead to increased frequency of patient interactions and adjustments to heart failure medications, ultimately enhancing patient care and outcomes.
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Pharmacists in the Veterans Health Administration System who received feedback on their patients’ heart failure medication rates, along with educational tools and targeted information, had a significant increase in the frequency at which they managed heart failure and adjusted heart failure medications in their patient populations. Providing primary care pharmacists with real-time feedback is a practical intervention that could improve heart failure and chronic disease management, the researchers noted. The study was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2024 in Chicago.
In the study, called the PHARM-HF A&F Study, primary care pharmacists in the Veterans Health Administration System were provided with educational resources and feedback about the care they were providing to heart failure patients, with the aim of improving patient care by enhancing heart failure medication treatment. The study revealed that pharmacists who received active feedback about their heart failure patients increased the frequency of their patient interactions and prescribed more heart failure medication adjustments.
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This curated news summary relied on this press release disributed by NewMediaWire. Read the source press release here, Feedback to Pharmacists Improves Heart Failure Patient Care
