Evaluation of a community pharmacy-based influenza and group A streptococcal pharyngitis disease management program using polymerase chain reaction point-of-care testing.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-waived real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) molecular test into a community pharmacy setting as part of a collaborative influenza and group A Streptococcus (GAS) disease management program.

Setting And Participants: Two community pharmacy sites in Tennessee.

Practice Description: Patients presenting to the pharmacy with symptoms consistent with influenza or GAS from November 1, 2016, to April 30, 2018.

The Impact of a Community Pharmacy Diabetes Self-Management Education Program on Diabetes Distress.

Negative psychosocial implications stemming from the presence of diabetes, known as diabetes distress, place people with diabetes at twice the likelihood of having clinical depression than those who do not have the disease. While many community pharmacies have incorporated diabetes self-management education (DSME) programs into their practices, there are no known studies that evaluate the impact that this model may have on diabetes distress. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact that a community pharmacy DSME program has on diabetes distress.