The impact of a provider motivational interviewing-based training on chronic pain management in a federally-qualified health center.

Background: While the issue of opioid misuse is very complex, pharmacists have a unique opportunity to participate in interprofessional, team-based care. Motivational interviewing (MI) has been shown to be effective in chronic disease management and could improve patient engagement and chronic pain outcomes.

Objectives: To determine the impact of an MI-based provider training on changes in chronic pain management prescribing and on provider and patient perceptions.

Community pharmacists and Colleges of Pharmacy: the Ohio partnership.

Objective: To develop pharmacist practice standards, pharmacy preceptor standards, and objectives for students completing advanced practice community pharmacy rotations.

Setting: Ohio.

Practice Description: Pharmacy schools and community pharmacies that serve as advanced practice rotation sites.

Physician-pharmacist collaboration: a millennial paradigm to reduce medication errors.

The Institute of Medicine has reported that medication errors cause an estimated 7000 deaths annually. Additionally, drug-related adverse events increase the risk of mortality by 1.88, with approximately 27% of reported adverse drug events attributed to negligence.