Drug Topics August 19, 2025
As continuous glucose monitoring becomes more common, pharmacists are essential in patient education but face barriers of time, training, and reimbursement.
Community pharmacists are often the first to counsel patients starting continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), offering accessible support at the point of care. Yet short counseling windows, workflow constraints, and limited reimbursement hinder thorough education. With OTC CGMs on the horizon, expanding pharmacist training and payment models will be crucial for success.
Drug Topics® recently sat down with Morgan Stewart, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, clinical associate professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Texas at Austin, who recently authored a study assessing the accessibility and accuracy of pharmacist CGM counseling, to discuss how important the role community pharmacists play is...
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