Pharmacist's role in management of hypertensive patients in an ambulatory care clinic
Reinders, T.P.; Rush, D.R.; Baumgartner, R.P.; Graham, A.W.
American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 32(6): 590-594
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9289 PMID: 1155472 Document Number: 90577
A program involving a pharmacist in the management of ambulatory hypertensive patients is discussed. A hypertension monitoring protocol was developed by a physician and a pharmacist. The protocol provided for initial patient assessment and treatment by the physician, counseling and education of the patient by the pharmacist, patient follow-up by the pharmacist every one to two months and follow-up by the physician every four to six months. In the first four months of the program, 28 of 75 newly diagnosed hypertensive patients were referred by the physician to the pharmacist for follow-up.