Publications by authors named "Kerri T Musselman"
Purpose: Neither the United States nor the European oncology guidelines include details for appropriate management of hyperglycemia in cancer patients. The aim was to identify fasting and random blood glucose thresholds, and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) targets used by oncologists in clinical practice when managing hyperglycemia in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.
Methods: This national, cross sectional study utilized a questionnaire to collect oncologists' perceptions about optimal blood glucose thresholds and HbA1c targets in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.
Purpose: To assess oncologists' responsibility, comfort, and knowledge managing hyperglycemia in patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a questionnaire collected oncologists' perceptions about professionals responsible for managing hyperglycemia during chemotherapy; comfort (score range 12-120); and knowledge (score range 0-16). Descriptive statistics were calculated including Student t-tests and one-way ANOVA for mean score differences.
Background: Pharmacists are increasingly fulfilling roles on primary care teams, yet business models for pharmacist services in these settings have not been optimized. This study describes how an ambulatory care pharmacy department implemented various billing methods to generate revenue for pharmacist services.
Objectives: (1) Describe pharmacist-delivered billable and non-billable services; and (2) Assess the impact of various billing methods on the return-on-investment (ROI) for billable services.
Introduction: Drug information (DI) services should work toward efficiency by identifying knowledge gaps and actively creating resources to address those needs. The aim was to identify training needs and active information opportunities in primary care by analyzing DI requests and to calculate labor cost associated with DI requests addressable with training or active information.
Methods: DI requests received in 2016 and 2017 by ambulatory care pharmacists were independently classified by 2 authors into: training (i.
Background: In 2012, pharmacists were integrated into a medical group to provide direct patient care, drug information activities, and health care provider education. The medical group encompasses 40 primary care and 60 specialty offices in Virginia.
Objective: To describe the development and implementation of clinical pharmacist services integrated within a medical group.