A randomized study to assess the impact of pharmacist counseling of employer-based health plan beneficiaries with diabetes: the EMPOWER study.

Objective: To assess the impact of pharmacist counseling on empowering people with diabetes to better self-care.

Introduction: Community-based pharmacists can play a key role in educating and empowering people in such programs.

Methods: A randomized trial compared the effects of pharmacist counseling (intervention group) with printed materials (control group) in diabetic beneficiaries of several employer-based health care plans.