Impact of Pharmacist Involvement on Medication-Related Problems (Chapter 3) Management of CVD and Cardiovascular Risk Factors (Chapter 4) Increase in ACEi/ARB use versus baseline among patients with congestive heart failure enrolled for one year, yet a decrease to below baseline at 2 years No improvement in BP control among all enrollees Improving Preventive Care Processes (Chapter 5) More patients received influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations in 2007 and 2008 than in FFS Significantly more patients with diabetes mellitus received routine HbA1c tests in accordance with established guidelines compared with FFS and a nationally representative population of HD patients (U.S. DOPPS) comparison populations More patients with diabetes mellitus received routine foot and retinal examinations by mid-2008 compared with U.S. DOPPS
| Improving Advanced Care Planning (Chapter 6) Improving Diabetes Management (Chapter 7) Increase in HbA1c tests for patients with diabetes mellitus during period of standing orders Sharp decrease in HbA1c measurement among patients with diabetes mellitus after standing orders were discontinued No significant change in achievement of the HbA1c target (HbA1c < 7%) Changing Prescription Patterns of ACEi/ARB Use (Chapter 8) | Use of Oral Nutritional Supplement in Patients with Low Serum Albumin (Chapter 9) Significantly reduced mortality among patients with the clinical indication to receive ONS as compared with the CMS ESRD Clinical Performance Project population Increase in serum albumin among patients with the clinical indication to receive ONS. Impact of Home Weight Monitoring on Clinical Outcomes (Chapter 10) 42% of all patients participated in the HWM program; however, 70% of 2006 enrollees used HWM and only 16% of 2007/2008 enrollees ever used HWM Short-term effect of reducing IDWG for patients on HWM No sustained effect of HWM in IDWG after discontinuation HWM was associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality and all-cause and cardiovascular hospitalization for 2006 enrollees but this association was not noted for 2007–08 enrollees
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