By Marie Rosenthal, MS
The odds of prescribing the appropriate dose of statins increased sixfold when automated referrals were made to pharmacy services to prescribe the medications, rather than waiting for the doctor, according to a presentation at the 2023 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, in Philadelphia (abstract 23096).
Statins are among the most prescribed medications in the United States, and yet previous studies have found suboptimal prescribing of these