Global healthcare expenditure is escalating at an unsustainable rate. Money spent on
medicines and managing medication-related problems continues to grow. The high …

Background The roles of pharmacists in patient care have expanded from the traditional
tasks of dispensing medications and providing basic medication counseling to working with …

Objective To further develop the service model for medication therapy management (MTM)
delivery by pharmacists in settings where patients or their caregivers can be actively …

Objectives To (1) provide medication therapy management (MTM) services to patients,(2)
measure the clinical effects associated with the provision of MTM services,(3) measure the …

Objective: To determine if hospital‐based clinical pharmacy services and pharmacy staffing
continue to be associated with mortality rates. Methods: A database was constructed from …

Drug‐related problems are frequent and may result in reduced quality of life, and even
morbidity and mortality. Many studies have shown that clinical pharmacists can effectively …

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) previously published position
statements on collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) in 1997 and 2003. Since …

While collaborative, team-based care has the potential to improve medication use and
reduce adverse drug events and cost, less attention is paid to understanding the processes …

Studies have consistently evidenced the positive clinical, economic, and humanistic benefits
of pharmacist‐directed patient care in a variety of settings. Given the vast differences in …

Objective: To determine whether the absence or presence of clinical pharmacists in
intensive care units (ICUs) results in differences in mortality rates, length of ICU stay, and …