Pharmacist led, primary care based disease management reduced risk factors and improved glycaemic control in diabetesA randomized trial of a primary care-based disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with diabetes.

Rothman RL, Malone R, Bryant B, et al. A randomized trial of a primary care-based disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with diabetes. Am J Med 2005; 118: 276–84.RothmanRLMaloneRBryantBet alA randomized trial of a primary care-based disease management program to improve cardiovascular risk factors and glycated hemoglobin levels in patients with diabetes.Am J Med2005118276-84Q In vulnerable patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus, does a pharmacist led, primary care-based, disease management programme reduce cardiovascular risk factors and improve glycaemic control?

For correspondence: Dr R Rothman, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. russell.rothman@vanderbi

Sources of funding: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, University of North Carolina, and Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research.