Blood pressure kiosks for medication therapy management programs: Business opportunity for pharmacists

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-194

  Houle, Sherilyn K D ^a   Chuck, Anderson W ^b   Tsuyuki, Ross T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated blood pressure devices; Community pharmacy; Compensation; Hypertension; Pharmacy practice

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE KIOSK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST; DRUG MONITORING; ECONOMICS; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MONITOR; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ONTARIO; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84862746140     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1331/JAPhA.2012.11217     Document Type: Article

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