Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Integrative Pain Management Program in a Primary Care Safety-Net Clinic.

Objective: To design, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive Integrative Pain Management Program (IPMP) for patients with chronic pain in a safety-net primary care clinic.

Design: We used a quality improvement "Plan Do Study Act" (PDSA) framework to design, refine, and evaluate an integrative chronic pain program.

Setting: An urban federally qualified health center located in a community with high rates of chronic pain, substance use, and opioid overdose.

How a cancer education group serves the underserved: 'family' ties and battling cancer.

Objective: Socially disadvantaged cancer patients have unmet educational needs, but we know little about how educational groups might help. This exploratory study examines how a group education program met underserved patients' needs.

Methods: We examined a program for US patients in a safety-net hospital that featured English and Spanish language groups.