PQS Quality Corner Show Podcast Host Nick Dorich, PharmD, PQS Associate Director of Pharmacy Accounts, talks with Jennifer L. Bacci, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy about how pharmacist intervention can close statin gaps.  She’s one of the co-authors of the March 2023 JAMA article Community Pharmacist Intervention to Optimize Statin Adherence in Diabetes Care.

In this episode Bacci explains why statin initiation is an important clinical gap for patients with diabetes and that collaborative practice agreements can allow pharmacist involvement to help improve patient outcomes. She also discusses barriers to success her team faced for the study. Listen to the full episode S4 EP10, “Pharmacist Intervention to Close Statin Gaps” below using the embedded media player.

Jennifer L. Bacci, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Endowed Associate Professor in Innovative Pharmacy Practice at University of Washington School of Pharmacy on LinkedIn