Rationale and design of the Pharmacist Intervention for low literacy in Cardiovascular Disease (PILL-CVD) study

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 212-219

  Schnipper, Jeffrey L ^a,b,d   Roumie, Christianne L ^e,g   Cawthon, Courtney ^e   Businger, Alexandra ^a   Dalal, Anuj K ^a,b,d   Mugalla, Ileko ^e   Eden, Svetlana ^f   Jacobson, Terry A ^h   Rask, Kimberly J ^h,i   Vaccarino, Viola ^h,i   Gandhi, Tejal K ^a,d   Bates, David W ^a,d,j   Johnson, Daniel C ^f   Labonville, Stephanie ^c   Gregory, David ^f   Kripalani, Sunil ^e  

^a Division of General Medicine and Primary Care   (United States)

^b Academic Hospitalist Service   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Institute for Medicine and Public Health   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Clinical Research Center of Excellence   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Coronary disease; Heart failure; Patients

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; METOPROLOL; METOPROLOL TARTRATE; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVENING DOSAGE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; MORNING DOSAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953405783     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.109.921833     Document Type: Article

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