Promoting Physical Activity Among Health Professional Students, Faculty, and Staff Members: A Competition-Based Intervention.

This program review presents data for the Deans' Fit Family Challenge (DFFC) and proposes future directions for improvement, informed by the Social Cognitive Theory. The DFFC is a multi-week physical activity competition held annually between three health professional programs, focusing on the development of self-efficacy, self-regulation, and social support of health-related fitness. Participants competed in teams of two and tracked their activity minutes weekly using the ChallengeRunner app or through manual entry.

The WELLMESS Project (Move Well, Eat Well, Sleep Well, Stress Well).

Introduction Medical education is a rigorous and demanding journey that requires intellectual ability and emotional resilience. Burnout among medical students is a growing concern as it affects individuals' well-being and can have long-term implications on the quality of patient care. Recognizing the protective effects of healthy lifestyle factors such as sleep, physical activity, eating patterns, and screen time, various institutions have implemented wellness programs to promote students' mental and physical well-being.

Primary Care Clinic Approaches to Facilitating Patient Health Behavior Change in Alabama.

Background  Non-communicable chronic diseases (NCCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, are the leading cause of death and disability and the leading driver of healthcare costs in the U.S. It is estimated that 80% of chronic diseases and premature deaths are attributable to modifiable lifestyle factors related to smoking and alcohol intake, poor eating patterns, and physical inactivity.

Tiny Habits for Gratitude-Implications for Healthcare Education Stakeholders.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to diminished sleep and increased stress, anxiety, and burnout for many health professionals and health professions students. One simple approach that may be effective for bolstering personal well-being is consciously cultivating gratitude. Gratitude is positively associated with physical health, psychological health, hope, sleep, and health behavior engagement; and randomized studies indicate that gratitude interventions can improve psychological well-being and sleep.

Evaluation of the impact of enhanced virtual forms and gamification on intervention identification in a pharmacist-led ambulatory care clinic.

Background: Adoption of healthcare technology in the ambulatory care setting is nearly universal. Clinical decision support system (CDSS) technologies improve patient care through the identification of additional care opportunities. With the movement from paper-based to electronic clinical intake forms, the opportunity to improve identification of gaps in care utilizing CDSS in the ambulatory care setting exists.

An Abnormal Presentation of Multiple Myeloma in Pregnancy: A Case Report.

Multiple myeloma (MM) is an uncommon hematologic malignancy in the general population and extremely rare in pregnant and peripartum women. Here we report a rare case of multiple myeloma in a 43-year-old African American woman at 24 weeks gestation who presented for severe flank pain and difficulty breathing. An elevated D-dimer was present on initial presentation and diagnoses of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism were ruled out via bilateral Doppler ultrasounds and CT scan.

Protocol for Minute Calisthenics: a randomized controlled study of a daily, habit-based, bodyweight resistance training program.

Background: Resistance-training (RT) provides significant health benefits. However, roughly 3/4 of adults in the United States do not meet current Physical Activity Guidelines in this regard. There has been a call for research examining the effectiveness of interventions to increase participation in physical activity and to better understand the dose response relationship upon health outcomes.

Implementation of a Medicare Plan Selection Assistance Program Through a Community Partnership.

To describe the implementation and outcomes of a sustainable Medicare Plan Selection Assistance Program conducted through a partnership between Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy (AU) and the Alabama State Health Insurance and Assistance Program (SHIP) since 2013. The program's goal is to assist Medicare beneficiaries in Medicare Part D plan selection. Reported outcomes included Medicare beneficiaries' plan cost savings and satisfaction, and pharmacy students' self-reported changes in knowledge and attitudes.

Development and delivery of an interdisciplinary course in mobile health (mHealth).

Background: Interdisciplinary practice is a primary focus within the United States health care system. Despite the existence of interdisciplinary educational efforts in pharmacy for many years, the practice only recently entered mainstream health care education. Informatics offers interdisciplinary educational opportunities.

How well do various health outcome definitions identify appropriate cases in observational studies?

Background: Observational data can be useful for drug safety research, but accurate measurement of adverse health outcomes is paramount. Best practices for identifying important health outcomes of interest (HOI) are needed.

Objectives: To evaluate the extent to which health outcome definitions commonly used in observational database studies identify cases that are consistent with expert panel assessment of the underlying data.

Developing an expert panel process to refine health outcome definitions in observational data.

Objectives: Drug safety surveillance using observational data requires valid adverse event, or health outcome of interest (HOI) measurement. The objectives of this study were to develop a method to review HOI definitions in claims databases using (1) web-based digital tools to present de-identified patient data, (2) a systematic expert panel review process, and (3) a data collection process enabling analysis of concepts-of-interest that influence panelists' determination of HOI.

Methods: De-identified patient data were presented via an interactive web-based dashboard to enable case review and determine if specific HOIs were present or absent.

Expert panel assessment of acute liver injury identification in observational data.

Background: Observational data are useful for studying drug safety; however, to be effective, accurate outcome measurement is paramount.

Objectives: This study compared alternative outcome definitions for acute liver injury (ALI) and explored opportunities for improving ALI identification in observational data.

Methods: The Truven MarketScan® Lab Database (MSLR) was used to identify patients meeting at least 1 of 4 ALI definitions, including definitions based on diagnosis codes, laboratory measures, or combinations of diagnoses, procedures, and/or laboratory measures.