Collaboration of Hospital Pharmacists and Hospitalists to Address Glycemic Control of General Medicine Patients: Implementation of a Pilot Inpatient Diabetes Management Program

Jeffrey M Ketz; Eric J Yeh; Sanjeev Suri

doi:10.2337/cd19-0003

Collaboration of Hospital Pharmacists and Hospitalists to Address Glycemic Control of General Medicine Patients: Implementation of a Pilot Inpatient Diabetes Management Program

Clin Diabetes. 2020 Jan;38(1):71-77. doi: 10.2337/cd19-0003.

Authors

Jeffrey M Ketz¹, Eric J Yeh¹, Sanjeev Suri¹

Affiliation

¹ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; E.J.Y. is now affiliated with Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA.

Abstract

This study examined the clinical benefits of a collaborative pharmacist-physician inpatient diabetes management program that included daily blood glucose assessment and the recommendation and implementation of American Diabetes Association-recommended insulin regimens.