APRIL 11, 2022

GIs Collaborate With Pharmacists on IBD Biologics Program

Las Vegas—A collaboration between gastroenterologists and pharmacists to establish a standardized protocol for use of biologics in inflammatory bowel disease has changed routine practice in a multicenter system and improved several quality-of-care benchmarks.

“A pharmacist-gastroenterologist co-management program for use of biologics in IBD patients is superior to a traditional gastroenterologist-only model with regard to laboratory screening prior to treatment and monitoring after