Pharmacists providing care in the outpatient setting through telemedicine models: A narrative review

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Littauer, Sydney L ^a   Dixon, Dave L ^a   Mishra, Vimal K ^a   Sisson, Evan M ^a   Salgado, Teresa M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Pharmacies; Pharmacists; Rural health; Rural health services; Telemedicine; United states

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ANTICOAGULATION; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING;

EID: 85042678143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18549/PharmPract.2017.04.1134     Document Type: Review

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