Team-based care approach to cholesterol management in diabetes mellitus: two-year cluster randomized controlled trial.

Background: Creative, cost-effective interventions to improve the quality of care of chronic illnesses are needed. This study was designed to evaluate the impact of remote physician-pharmacist team-based care on cholesterol levels in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: This 2-year prospective, cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted within the Providence Primary Care Research Network in Oregon.

A randomized controlled trial of team-based care: impact of physician-pharmacist collaboration on uncontrolled hypertension.

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of collaborative management of hypertension by primary care-pharmacist teams in community-based clinics.

Study Design: A 12-month prospective, single-blind, randomized, controlled trial in the Providence Primary Care Research Network of patients with hypertension and uncontrolled blood pressure.

Methods: As compared to usual primary care, intervention consisted of pharmacy practitioners participating in the active management of hypertension in the primary care office according to established collaborative treatment protocols.

Depression screening interfaced with an electronic health record: a feasibility study in a primary care clinic using optical mark reader technology.

Objective: Strategies to effectively and efficiently screen for depression remain elusive in the primary care setting. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of a depression screening program in which patients completed a validated questionnaire in the waiting room. Using Optical Mark Reader technology (PatientLink), patient responses were interfaced into the electronic health record (EHR), where the responses and score were available to practitioners at the time of the visit.