Is There a Pharmacist in the House?

Most people don’t think of pharmacists as being involved with primary care at the clinic, but Dr. Carrie McAdam-Marx, associate professor of pharmacotherapy at the University of Utah, thinks that needs to change. She talks about her research showing that patients with type 2 diabetes who consulted with pharmacists in the primary care setting had lower overall medical costs than those who didn’t. She explains how a pharmacist helps patients and physicians, and why she thinks pharmacists will be seen in the clinical care setting more often in the future.