Pharmacist-driven continuous glucose monitoring in community and ambulatory care pharmacy practice: A scoping review.

Background: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices improve clinical outcomes and facilitate achieving patient-specific goals. However, opportunities and barriers to implementation of pharmacist-driven CGM services are not well-described.

Objectives: This scoping review was conducted to identify opportunities and barriers to implementing pharmacist-driven CGM services in the community and ambulatory care setting.

Association of pharmacist intervention counseling with medication adherence and quality of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Objective(s): To assess the association between pharmacist intervention counseling with medication adherence and quality of life. Also, to assess if these associations vary by the focus, structure, training, or robustness of the counseling.

Methods: The initial search identified 1805 references, of which 62 randomized trials (RCTs) met inclusion criteria for the systematic review.

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Use Associated With Fournier's Gangrene: A Review of Case Reports and Spontaneous Post-Marketing Cases.

Background: Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are effective for glycemic control and have demonstrated cardiorenal benefits. The U.S.

Association of pharmacist counseling with adherence, 30-day readmission, and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Objective(s): To determine the association of pharmacist medication counseling with medication adherence, 30-day hospital readmission, and mortality.

Methods: The initial search identified 21,590 citations. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 62 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (49 for the meta-analysis) were included in the final analysis.

Anticipatory guidance and systematic review of prescribing combination incretin therapy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

What Is Known And Objective: Few studies have evaluated the efficacy and safety of combining a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Clinicians may frequently encounter this drug therapy combination in practice and should be aware of clinical evidence and risks associated with its use.

Methods: A literature search was conducted in Embase (1947-April 20, 2020), Medline - Ovid (1946-April 21, 2020), Medline - PubMed (1946-April 21, 2020), Cochrane Library CENTRAL Register of Controlled Trials (1991-April 20, 2020) and Web of Science (1900-April 17, 2020).

Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Evaluating Glycemic Efficacy and Patient Satisfaction of Intermittent-Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Patients with Diabetes.

Intermittent-scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) has the ability to allow for greater personalization of diabetes self-management. The purpose of this systematic review is to provide an updated analysis of the efficacy and patient satisfaction of isCGM in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A research librarian searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library using keywords and subject headings to identify studies assessing efficacy and use of isCGMs in patients with T1DM and T2DM.

Review of Prediabetes and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.

Obesity and diabetes increase hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) risk, thus preventive interventions are heavily studied. How pregestational prediabetes and related interventions impact HDP risk is less characterized. Therefore, we searched and reviewed the literature to assess the impact on HDP risk of prediabetes and varied interventions.

Using a Reflexive Process to Investigate Organizational Change: The Use of the Research Spider Matrix.

Academic health sciences libraries increasingly are urged to develop research support services for faculty and students. However, moving to a research-centric culture is not easy. It requires assessment of existing competencies (defined as knowledge, experience, and skills) to identify capacity and gaps and to inform individualized and unit-level professional development activities.

It takes longer than you think: librarian time spent on systematic review tasks.

Introduction: The authors examined the time that medical librarians spent on specific tasks for systematic reviews (SRs): interview process, search strategy development, search strategy translation, documentation, deliverables, search methodology writing, and instruction. We also investigated relationships among the time spent on SR tasks, years of experience, and number of completed SRs to gain a better understanding of the time spent on SR tasks from time, staffing, and project management perspectives.

Methods: A confidential survey and study description were sent to medical library directors who were members of the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries as well as librarians serving members of the Association of American Medical Colleges or American Osteopathic Association.