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May15

Telemonitoring by Pharmacists

Do you think this model can work in a South Africa setting? Where the pharmacists work under what is called a collaborative practice agreement with the primary-care physicians. This allows pharmacists to make adjustments to certain kinds of medications within certain parameters, and they are able to write the prescription and sign it without any additional cosignature from the physician. This gives people who were doing home BP monitoring the ability to have frequent and close contact with a healthcare professional who could help them make changes based on their home BP measurements.

As well as its use in hypertension, this approach is employed for the management of other chronic conditions, such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, asthma, and depression.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/763681?src=mp&spon=38

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