Orlando Veterans Affairs Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) very high risk interdisciplinary team review: A brief report.

Background: Compared to the general population, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients have higher rates of mental illness, chronic pain, and substance use disorders (SUD), conditions that increase risk for opioid-related adverse events. VHA developed the Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) and mandated case reviews by an interdisciplinary team (IDT) for patients identified as very high risk, a process implemented and led by clinical pharmacist practitioners at the Orlando Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (OVAHCS) in 2018.

Objective: To evaluate and describe the implementation and process for IDT reviews of patients identified as very high risk by the STORM clinical decision support tool at OVAHCS.

Predictors for glucose change in hypertensive participants following short-term treatment with atenolol or hydrochlorothiazide.

Study Objective: To develop and validate a predictive model for glucose change and risk for new-onset impaired fasting glucose in hypertensive participants following treatment with atenolol or hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ).

Design: Randomized multicenter clinical trial.

Patients: A total of 735 white or African-American men and women with uncomplicated hypertension.

A summer research training program to foster PharmD students' interest in research.

Objectives: To establish and assess the effectiveness of a 10-week summer research program on increasing doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) students' interest in research, particularly as it related to future career choices.

Design: Survey instruments were sent to 25 participants who had completed the research program in the summer of 2004, 2005, or 2006 to assess their satisfaction with the program and its influence on their career choices after graduation.

Assessment: Respondents reported a high degree of satisfaction with the program, indicating that the program allowed them to determine their suitability for a career in research, and 55% reported their intention to pursue additional research training.

Association of diurnal blood pressure pattern with risk of hospitalization or death in men with heart failure.

Background: An altered diurnal blood pressure (BP) pattern has been linked to the risk of developing heart failure (HF). We tested whether an altered diurnal BP pattern is associated with adverse outcomes (death or hospitalization for HF exacerbation) in patients with HF.

Methods And Results: A total of 118 patients with HF were enrolled from a tertiary care HF clinic and followed for death or HF hospitalization for up to 4 years; 24-hour ambulatory BP was monitored.