Pharmacist prescribing and care improves cardiovascular risk, but what do patients think? A substudy of the RxEACH study

Pharmacists’ interventions in patients with chronic diseases have been shown to improve outcomes1-6 and reduce health care costs.7 As a result, their scope of practice is expanding in Canada to include more patient-centred services.8 This expansion, combined with the fact that they see patients with chronic conditions frequently,9 place pharmacists in an ideal position to systematically identify patients with chronic conditions and contribute to their treatment and management