Encouraging Pharmacist Referrals for Evidence-Based Statin Initiation
JAMA Cardiology
Authors
Alexander C. Fanaroff, Qian Huang, Kayla Clark, Laurie A. Norton, Wendell E. Kellum, Dwight Eichelberger, John C. Wood, Zachary Bricker, Andrea G. Dooley Wood, Greta Kemmer, Jennifer I. Smith, Srinath Adusumalli, Mary E. Putt, Kevin G. Volpp
A new CHIBE study finds that semi-automated orders for pharmacist referral were associated with a 16-percentage point increase in appropriate statin prescribing compared with usual care.