Clinical inertia among health care providers in a public health safety-net clinic in the management of type 2 diabetes.

Background: Clinical inertia is defined as the lack of treatment intensification in patients who are not at evidence-based goals of therapy; it may be related to provider, patient, and health system-wide factors. Patient factors, including nonadherence and tablet burden, are further compounded by health and social disparities present in safety-net clinics. Clinical pharmacist-based interventions may impact provider or health system factors to reduce inertia in patients with poorly controlled diabetes.