Clinical Review
Goal Attainment in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Part 1
Fed Pract. 2008 August;25(8):13
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Jocelyn D. Jones, PharmD, BCPS, Linh B. ter Riet, PharmD, BCPS, Chenise Andrews, PharmD, Mekia Powell, PharmD, Laronne Williams, PharmD, and Frank S. Emanuel, PharmD
Dr. Jones is an assistant professor of pharmacy practice in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Florida A&M University, Jacksonville. Dr. ter Riet is a medical outcomes specialist in the global research and development division at Pfizer Inc, Jacksonville, FL. At the time of this study, Dr. Andrews, Dr. Powell, and Dr. Williams were doctor of pharmacy candidates in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Florida A&M. Dr. Emanuel is an associate professor of pharmacy practice and the director of the Jacksonville practice division at Florida A&M. He is also a fellow of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists.
With only a small percentage of adult patients with diabetes meeting the recommended goals of therapy, these authors investigated whether patients at a military treatment facility were meeting their targets.