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Pharmacist Web Support Helps Get to Blood-Pressure Goals
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Title Pharmacist Web Support Helps Get to Blood-Pressure Goals
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/576680?src=rss
Description Patients with hypertension who monitored their blood pressure from home and received Web-based pharmacist care showed greater improvement in blood pressure control than patients who had usual care. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Jun 27, 2008
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