Table 3.
Description of Intervention Processes
| N (%) or Mean ± SD | |
|---|---|
| Pharmacist level | |
| Patients activated over the entire intervention period | 1797 |
| Patients having at least one encounter with the pharmacist | 945 (52.6% of activated) |
| Patient level | |
| Encounters during 1st enrollment, (median) | 3.8 ± 3.2 (3) |
| Days enrolled during 1st enrollment, (median) | 62 ±71 (41) |
| Enrolled in the program more than once during intervention | 35 (3.7) |
| Encounters over entire intervention period, (median) | 3.9 ±3.3 (3) |
| Days enrolled over entire intervention period, (median) | 64 ± 71 (42) |
| Discharged at the 1st encounter | 184 (19.5) |
| Reasons for discharge (examining a patient's first discharge in the program) | |
| Had a target BP (Clinic or home) | 650 (68.8) |
| Lost to follow-up (e.g., no-showed for 3 encounters) or enrolled for 6+ months and no further progress was being made | 97 (10.3) |
| Program ended (i.e., 14 month intervention ended) | 74 (7.8) |
| Declined further participation | 50 (5.3) |
| DBP<60 | 46 (4.9) |
| On maximum medications | 22 (2.3) |
| DBP<60 and on maximum medications | 2 (0.2) |
| Other | 4 (0.4) |
| Encounter level | |
| Length of intake encounters (minutes), (median)* | 50.2 ± 7.9 (52) |
| Length of follow-up encounters (minutes), (median)* | 26.9 ± 4.7 (28) |
| Phone encounters (not Office) | 2241 (60.8) |
*
From pharmacist daily logs; collected during four different weeks over the intervention period