Members of our team had the opportunity to present a new poster abstract, "Inpatient Behavioral Health Utilization of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in a Pharmacist-Led Diabetes Management Program", at the ASHP 2024 Midyear Meeting held December 8 - 12, 2024.

Authors:

Alyssa B. Bouley, PharmD, CPS Montana State Hospital | Richard C. Daniels, PharmD, BCPS, CPS Montana State Hospital

Background:

• Patients with severe mental illness are at significantly increased risk for developing type II diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.
• Inadequate management of type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome can result in costly and life-altering macrovascular complications.
• Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been shown to decrease hypoglycemia rates and increase the time spent with the target glycemic range compared to traditional blood glucose monitoring.¹
• Due to an established diabetes management program, pharmacists at an inpatient behavioral health facility are well positioned to create a workflow aimed at transitioning eligible patients to CGM.

Objectives:

• The objective of this study is to describe the development of a workflow used to implement CGM in a pharmacist-led diabetes management program in an inpatient behavioral health hospital.

Read about the team's findings by downloading the outcomes study below.