The BC Community Pharmacy Asthma Study: A Study of Clinical, Economic and Holistic Outcomes Influenced by an Asthma Care Protocol Provided by Specially Trained Community Pharmacists in British Columbia
OBJECTIVES: Despite advances in recent years, asthma morbidity and mortality have been noted to be on the increase in the past decade. The present study examined the failures and recommendations of past studies and introduced a new milieu for asthma care - the community pharmacy. The study incorpora...
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doaj-c9e3f853892e4bda92db85ea721fdbeb2021-07-02T01:39:27ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412003-01-0110419520210.1155/2003/736042The BC Community Pharmacy Asthma Study: A Study of Clinical, Economic and Holistic Outcomes Influenced by an Asthma Care Protocol Provided by Specially Trained Community Pharmacists in British ColumbiaWilliam Mclean0Jane Gillis1Ron Waller2Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research Unit, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaIntegral Health Pharmacy Consulting Inc, Halifax, Nova Scotia (formerly Professional Services, Unipharm Ltd, Richmond, British Columbia), CanadaAsthma Education, Lakeside Pharmacy, Kelowna, British Columbia, CanadaOBJECTIVES: Despite advances in recent years, asthma morbidity and mortality have been noted to be on the increase in the past decade. The present study examined the failures and recommendations of past studies and introduced a new milieu for asthma care - the community pharmacy. The study incorporated a care protocol with the important ingredients of asthma education on medications, triggers, self-monitoring and an asthma plan, with pharmacists taking responsibility for outcomes, assessment of a patient's readiness to change and tailoring education to that readiness, compliance monitoring and physician consultation to achieve asthma prescribing guidelines.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2003/736042 |
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The BC Community Pharmacy Asthma Study: A Study of Clinical, Economic and Holistic Outcomes Influenced by an Asthma Care Protocol Provided by Specially Trained Community Pharmacists in British Columbia |
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The BC Community Pharmacy Asthma Study: A Study of Clinical, Economic and Holistic Outcomes Influenced by an Asthma Care Protocol Provided by Specially Trained Community Pharmacists in British Columbia |
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The BC Community Pharmacy Asthma Study: A Study of Clinical, Economic and Holistic Outcomes Influenced by an Asthma Care Protocol Provided by Specially Trained Community Pharmacists in British Columbia |
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The BC Community Pharmacy Asthma Study: A Study of Clinical, Economic and Holistic Outcomes Influenced by an Asthma Care Protocol Provided by Specially Trained Community Pharmacists in British Columbia |
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The BC Community Pharmacy Asthma Study: A Study of Clinical, Economic and Holistic Outcomes Influenced by an Asthma Care Protocol Provided by Specially Trained Community Pharmacists in British Columbia |
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bc community pharmacy asthma study: a study of clinical, economic and holistic outcomes influenced by an asthma care protocol provided by specially trained community pharmacists in british columbia |
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Canadian Respiratory Journal |
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OBJECTIVES: Despite advances in recent years, asthma morbidity and mortality have been noted to be on the increase in the past decade. The present study examined the failures and recommendations of past studies and introduced a new milieu for asthma care - the community pharmacy. The study incorporated a care protocol with the important ingredients of asthma education on medications, triggers, self-monitoring and an asthma plan, with pharmacists taking responsibility for outcomes, assessment of a patient's readiness to change and tailoring education to that readiness, compliance monitoring and physician consultation to achieve asthma prescribing guidelines. |
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