Stephen Hall
Investigating the Pharmacist Impact on Diabetes Distress and HbA1c—A Study on a Novel Pharmacist Consultation Model Intervening on Diabetes Distress
Stephen Hall is a pharmacy resident at AM Diabetes in Memphis, TN.
“Collaboration of providers, pharmacists, and the healthcare team will always be a win for patient care. The future is full of exciting opportunities for pharmacists to bring focused medication expertise to the clinic setting.
Diabetes distress is a significant emotional burden affecting many patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and frequently resulting in poor self-management and suboptimal glycemic control. Initiating personalized pharmacist consultations in the clinic setting has the potential to fill the gap to focus on individual patient needs and concerns. Pharmacist diabetes consultation complements group diabetes education in providing patients strategies to cope with diabetes management with the goal of reducing diabetes distress.
I am most excited about the opportunities for pharmacists to work in the clinic setting in tandem with providers to provide the highest level of patient care. The in-clinic pharmacist diabetes consultation model is a novel design which allows the pharmacist and patient to establish a relationship outside of a large, classroom setting enabling the pharmacist to intervene on the individual patient’s highest source of diabetes distress.”