Objectives: A pharmacy asthma care program in Australia, which included specific education on asthma and asthma medication, trigger factors, use of inhalers, and medication adherence, as well as goal setting and patient review aspects, assessed the impact of a community pharmacy asthma service...

Recent changes in the healthcare system have prompted the growth and management of disease and health management strategies in the US. Most of the initiatives include a heavy emphasis on the pharmacotherapy component as it has been noted that effective therapies can lead to improvement in care...

Insomnia is a highly prevalent complaint among the general public that can affect an individual's health, performance and quality of life. Despite its broad effects, patients' help-seeking rate is very low. One possible reason for this is the patients' lack of knowledge about treatment options...

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. The worldwide prevalence of asthma has increased in recent decades. There is an approximately 20-fold variation (range 1.6% to 36.8%) in the prevalence of childhood asthma throughout the world. The highest prevalence rates are in the UK,...

Elevated cholesterol levels are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Treatment strategies promoting the associated health benefits from a reduction in elevated cholesterol levels have been outlined in guidelines published by the National Cholesterol Education Program....

Disease-state management is gaining in use for the management of chronically ill individuals including those with diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, asthma, and some forms of cancer. Recently, disease management (DM) has been applied to patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), a...

Objective: To identify common features of primary care clinics that have successfully achieved improvement in chronic disease care. Methods: We analyzed seven primary care practices that have achieved significant improvement in chronic disease care provided to adults with diabetes mellitus,...