Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Team Model of Hypertension Care in African Americans
Brief Summary: This Team Education and Adherence Monitoring (TEAM) trial will evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a pharmacy-based intervention in a randomized controlled trial involving 597 treated hypertensive African American patients in five Wisconsin cities. The study involves 28 community pharmacies (14 intervention, 14 control) owned by two pharmacy corporations. Intervention pharmacists and pharmacy technicians implemented a 6-month blood pressure (BP) monitoring program that involved working together as a team with patients and their physicians to achieve improved medication adherence, healthy lifestyles, drug therapy, and hypertension control.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older
* Utilize a pharmacy in Durham, Robeson, Person, Granville, or Vance County, NC
* Have coronary artery disease (CAD) documented in the medical record by one of the following:

  1. A diagnosis of unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction (ST segment elevation or non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction)
  2. A cardiac catheterization demonstrating CAD greater than or equal to 50 narrowing of artery)
  3. Prior angioplasty
  4. Prior coronary artery stent
  5. Prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG)
* Plan to have their prescription medications filled and refilled by one of the participating pharmacies
* Prescribed aspirin or another antiplatelet, a beta-blocker and statin agent (referred to as triple therapy for this study) at discharge. If a patient has a true contraindication to any of the three medication groups in triple therapy, they will still be eligible for the study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Providers predict an anticipated hospital stay of less than 48 hours
* Patient plans to use a pharmacy outside of Durham, Robeson, Person, Granville, or Vance County, NC
* Patient is unable to give consent (cognitively impaired, does not speak English, or has altered mental status)
* Patient transferred to Cardiothoracic Surgery service for CABG
* Patient has terminal condition and may not survive until 6-month follow-up
* Patient lives in a correctional or long-term care facility
* Patient will be unable to participate in follow-up phone call (hearing impaired without caregiver who can help or does not have a phone)
* Patient is a known participant in the Duke Heart Failure Program
* Patient does not agree to use only the one Durham, Robeson, Person, Granville, or Vance County pharmacy throughout the study period
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* ambulatory, post-menopausal women who would benefit from bisphosphonate treatment;
* \>55 years of age;
* naive to bisphosphonate therapy, or lapsed bisphosphonate users \>=6 months.

Exclusion Criteria:

* inability to stand or sit in an upright position for at least 60 minutes;
* hypersensitivity to bisphosphonates;
* treatment with other drugs affecting bone metabolism;
* history of major upper gastrointestinal disease.
C: Inclusion Criteria:is African American and 18 years old or older; has active prescription for BP drug; obtains all BP drugs at the study pharmacy; is able to read and fill out short questionnaires; is able to come to pharmacy for 6 monthly pharmacy visits if needed; has screening BP between 140/90 mm Hg and 210/115 mm Hg.

Exclusion Criteria: history of organ transplant or kidney dialysis, symptoms of advanced congestive heart failure, memory impairment that interferes with daily functioning,terminal illness,pregnancy, alcohol or substance abuse problem,physician recommendation of exclusion for other condition that may require special care or limit participation in the study.
D: Inclusion Criteria (patient-level):

* Age 5-56 years
* Physician diagnosis of asthma
* Continuous HMO enrollment with prescription drug rider
* Electronic prescription of an inhaled corticosteroid

Exclusion Criteria (patient-level):

* Diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
* Diagnosis of congestive heart failure

Inclusion Criteria (practice-level):

* Primary care practice (i.e., pediatrics, family practice, or internal medicine) within the health system. A practice is defined as a group of physicians who by virtue of speciality or geography care for a relatively contained population of patients and who cross-cover the care of these patients.

Exclusion Criteria (practice-level):

* None

Answer: C