Hypertension
Conditions
Brief summary
Patients managed by a newly formed pharmacist-physician medication therapy management team in a university primary care clinic will have better blood pressure control than patients receiving usual care.
Interventions
OTHERPharmacist-Physician Collaborative Medication Therapy Management
Sponsors
University of California, San Diego
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* age 18 years or over * diagnosis of hypertension with most recent blood pressure \>140/90 mmHg or blood pressure \>130/80 mmHg if patients also had diabetes mellitus * treated with at least one anti-hypertensive medication * continuous active patient (at least one visit) of the clinic for at least the past 6 months (1/1/2010-6/31/2010) * English speaking * Able to complete questionnaires in English.
Exclusion criteria
-do not meet provisions of the clinical collaborative agreement protocol in the judgment of the patient's physician or the clinical pharmacist
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| systolic blood pressure | 6 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed