Managing dyslipidemia: putting the new guidelines to work.

A nine-step process can be used to identify and manage patients with dyslipidemias, and clinicians can then fine-tune lipid-lowering interventions as needed. In helping patients reach lipid goals, pharmacists play important roles as both clinical managers and coaches. Multidisciplinary models of care in physician offices and hospitals provide pharmacists with important opportunities to apply their unique knowledge and indirectly obtain reimbursement for professional services.