Journal of pharmacy practice
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A randomized study to assess the impact of pharmacist counseling of employer-based health plan beneficiaries with diabetes: the EMPOWER study.
To assess the impact of pharmacist counseling on empowering people with diabetes to better self-care. ⋯ There was a trend toward improvement in A1c in patients counseled by pharmacist with an increased utilization of diabetes-related medications and supplies. Counseling also improved diabetes knowledge and empowered patients to better diabetes management.