A collaborative cardiologist-pharmacist care model to improve hypertension management in patients with or at high risk for cardiovascular disease.

Unlabelled: Physician led collaborative drug therapy management utilizing clinical pharmacists to aid in the medication management of patients with hypertension has been shown to improve blood pressure control. With recommendations for lower blood pressures in patients with coronary artery disease, a cardiologist-pharmacist collaborative care model may be a novel way to achieve these more rigorous goals of therapy.

Objective: The purpose of this project was to evaluate this type of care model in a high cardiac risk patient population.