Consultation with pharmacists didn’t reduce heart failure death rates or hospitalizations

American Heart Association Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Report - Abstract: 18568 - EMBARGOED UNTIL 8AM ET November 14, 2011 Study Highlights:The rate of death and hospitalization for community-based heart failure patients remained the same whether or not they had specific consultation with a pharmacist collaborating with a physician.Pharmacist involvement increased the number of patients given recommended heart failure drugs, but levels of some treatments were already good at baseline.ORLANDO, FLA., Nov. 14, 2011