Drug Topics August 18, 2024
To scale up diabetes intervention programs, sustainable workflows, trainings, and payment models are key.
Jon Easter, Professor of Practice; Vice Chair, Practice Advancement at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, sat down with Drug Topics at the 2024 National Association of Chain Drug Stores Total Store Expo to discuss the best ways to support community pharmacists in building effective, sustainable diabetes interventions in community pharmacy settings.
Drug Topics: What key factors are essential for translating research on diabetes care into effective, sustainable programs?
Jon Easter: The key point here is, we’ve been doing diabetes interventions in pharmacy for a long time—and we’re really good at it. We achieve better outcomes: We see lower costs and we see better clinical outcomes.
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