This study is conducted by Dr. Mark Makowsky in partnership with Capital Health, Regional Pharmacy Services. The goal of the study is to assess the impact of addition of a clinical pharmacist to the in-hospital patient care team, on patient outcomes and process of care indicators. The two study pharmacists have been providing services to […]
Primary Objective: To determine the effect of an education and referral intervention program initiated by community pharmacists, working with high-risk asthma patients, family physicians and respiratory therapists, on asthma control, as measured by the Asthma Control Questionnaire (Juniper EF) Secondary Objective: To determine the effect of an education and referral intervention program by community on […]
Study Objective: ASTHMA is a quality improvement initiative that aims to enhance the overall effectiveness of care that is provided for Albertans with asthma by identifying barriers to optimal care and to implement strategies to overcome these barriers. Principal Investigators: Dr. Irvin Mayers, Dr. Robert Cowie Time Line: 1999 – 2005 Partners: The University of […]
Improving Hypertension Management Through Use of Community Pharmacists with Prescriptive Authority – A Randomized Trial Design Ross T. Tsuyuki, PharmD, MSc; Theresa L. Charrois, BSc(Pharm), MSc; Finlay A. McAlister, MD, MSc, Dale Cooney, BSP, MBA, Richard Z. Lewanczuk, MD, PhD, Norn RC Campbell, MD. Background Patients with hypertension continue to be poorly controlled. In a […]
A randomized trial of a novel undergarment for women’s use following sternotomy Background splinting is a common strategy used to assist post-op patients move clinicians often suggest that women use a supportive and comfortable brassiere post-operatively to reduce tension on incision—thereby reducing pain and discomfort a foundation for this practice recommendation is based largely on […]
Primary Study Objective: To determine the effect of a community-pharmacist intervention program on LDL-C in patients at high-risk for cardiovascular disease. Secondary Study Objectives: (1) efficacy of a web-based educational module (2) patient satisfaction with pharmacist services (3) patient compliance with lipid-lowering medications (4) proportion of patients achieving target LDL-C and TC:HDL ratio (5) cost […]
Study Objective: The primary objective of this study is to determine the efficacy of a community-based multidisciplinary screening and intervention program on blood pressure control in patients with diabetes and elevated blood pressure. Secondary objectives include comparing intervention and usual care parameters (initiation or dose addition of antihypertensive drug therapy, blood pressure target achievement, proportion […]
Study Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the proportion of patients achieving recommended target lipid levels in a group of community-dwelling patients who were prescribed HMG-CoA Reductase inhibitors (“statins”). Principal Investigator: Tsuyuki RT Co-Investigator: Olson K Status: Completed Abstract: 1. Olson KL, Tsuyuki RT. A Community-based, Cross-sectional Evaluation of Patients; Achievement of […]
Study Objective: To determine the efficacy of a program of intervention by community pharmacists in high risk coronary heart disease (CHD) patients on lipid-risk management. Principal Investigator: Tsuyuki, R.T. Co-Investigators: Status: Completed, published (see Publications below) Editorial: Pharmacy Practice, May 2003 Publications: 1. Tsuyuki RT, Johnson JA, Teo KK, Ackman ML, Biggs R, Cave A, […]
A randomized, double blind clinical trial using the lipid lowering agent, Simvastatin, and the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, Enalapril, to promote regression of coronary atherosclerosis. Contact Person: Dr. Koon K. Teo Publications: 1. Koon K Teo MB PhD, Jeffrey R Burton MD, Joseph DeAlmeida PEng, Shelley Dolezsar BSc, Patricia A Montague BSc, Vladimir Dzavik MD, […]