摘要
To assess the efficacy of pharmacist lead insulin management in improvement of HbAlc. Patients were referred to the LMttS (Licking Memorial Health Systems) Outpatient Medication Therapy Insulin Clinic by their physician during the time periods of July 2012 through March 2013 and August 2014 through December 2014. Physician authorization permitted pharmacists to provide clinical monitoring in order to evaluate and adjust insulin, GLP-I agonist and amylin mimetic doses by adhering to approved dosing guidelines and policy and procedures. Hemoglobin Atc values were obtained from the patients electronic medical records. Patients achieved an average decrease in HbAlc of 0.8 percentage points over a mean of 83 days. Pharmacist insulin management is an innovative pharmacy service through which clinical pharmacists can have an impact on patients' HbAtc.