Diabetes and hypertension is a prevalent, worldwide epidemic that is on the rise. Everyday, more and more people are diagnosed with diabetes mellitus (DM) or hypertension (HTN); at times, some patients are diagnosed with both.
In 2012, 1.7 million new cases were diagnosed among people who are aged 20 years or older in the United States. According to the CDC 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report, 29.1 million or 9.3% of the United States population have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes. In 2010, diabetes was listed as the number seven cause of death in the United States, with it being mentioned 234,051 times on death certificates. The financial burden that diabetes had put on the economy have a prodigious total of $245 billion dollars, with …show more content…
Within this population, only about 51.8% of patients actually have their hypertension under control.2 High blood pressure had been known for its reputation as the “silent killer” worldwide because it shows no signs and symptoms in its patients. More than 360,000 deaths that occurred in 2013 (almost 1,000 deaths per day) included hypertension as a primary or active cause. According to the American Heart Association, in 2011, hypertension caused the United States $46 billion dollars in health care services, medications, and missed days of …show more content…
Within the study, only the pharmacist would know that Group A medication is metformin, Group B medication is canagliflozin and Group C medication is empagliflozin. The pharmacist will then delivered the medications up to the administrators. There will be three administrators per hospital and the administrators will all be physicians assistant to keep it consistent between study sites. Each administrator will be assigned a study group to oversee and follow-up with for the duration of the study. The administrators’ primary job is to provide to their group the appropriate medication and take measurements during their patients’ weekly visit. In this study, the administrators and the patients will not know what type of medication is given or being taken. Only the pharmacist who prepared the medication will know which group is receiving what kind of
In 2012, 1.7 million new cases were diagnosed among people who are aged 20 years or older in the United States. According to the CDC 2014 National Diabetes Statistics Report, 29.1 million or 9.3% of the United States population have diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes. In 2010, diabetes was listed as the number seven cause of death in the United States, with it being mentioned 234,051 times on death certificates. The financial burden that diabetes had put on the economy have a prodigious total of $245 billion dollars, with …show more content…
Within this population, only about 51.8% of patients actually have their hypertension under control.2 High blood pressure had been known for its reputation as the “silent killer” worldwide because it shows no signs and symptoms in its patients. More than 360,000 deaths that occurred in 2013 (almost 1,000 deaths per day) included hypertension as a primary or active cause. According to the American Heart Association, in 2011, hypertension caused the United States $46 billion dollars in health care services, medications, and missed days of …show more content…
Within the study, only the pharmacist would know that Group A medication is metformin, Group B medication is canagliflozin and Group C medication is empagliflozin. The pharmacist will then delivered the medications up to the administrators. There will be three administrators per hospital and the administrators will all be physicians assistant to keep it consistent between study sites. Each administrator will be assigned a study group to oversee and follow-up with for the duration of the study. The administrators’ primary job is to provide to their group the appropriate medication and take measurements during their patients’ weekly visit. In this study, the administrators and the patients will not know what type of medication is given or being taken. Only the pharmacist who prepared the medication will know which group is receiving what kind of