Impact of pharmacy student and resident-led discharge counseling on heart failure patients

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 574-579

  Szkiladz, Andrew ^a   Carey, Katherine ^b   Ackerbauer, Kimberly ^c   Heelon, Mark ^a   Friderici, Jennifer ^a   Kopcza, Kathleen ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

30 day readmissions; discharge; education; heart failure; pharmacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY STUDENT; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY RESIDENCIES; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

EID: 84887905125     PISSN: 08971900     EISSN: 15311937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0897190013491768     Document Type: Article

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