Enhancing Student Confidence in Diabetes Management Skills through Pharmacist-Run Group Classes in a Community Library.

: To evaluate student pharmacists' confidence after providing education within diabetes groups in a non-medical community setting. : Three 8-week diabetes group courses were developed and executed within a local public library. The courses aimed to teach participants with diabetes how to effectively manage their medical condition to prevent future related complications.

Addressing Clinical and Therapeutic Inertia Through Comprehensive Medication Review.

Avoiding clinical and therapeutic inertia, through pharmacist-led medication therapy management, can lead to avoidance of inappropriate medication use and adverse medication events. Clinical and therapeutic inertia are terms that have been used indistinctly. One definition is inertia that appears when clinicians do not initiate or intensify therapy appropriately when therapeutic goals are not reached.

Pain Management in Primary Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Computerized Decision Support Tool.

Background: Primary care providers manage most patients with chronic pain. Pain is a complex problem, particularly in underserved populations. A technology-enabled, point-of-care decision support tool may improve pain management outcomes.

Using Clinical Decision Support Within the Electronic Health Record to Reduce Incorrect Prescribing for Acute Sinusitis.

Purpose: Acute sinusitis has viral etiology in more than 90% of cases, but antibiotics are prescribed for more than 80% of adults in the United States. While applications of computer-assisted guidelines have been found effective in reducing inaccurate prescribing for acute respiratory infections, there is a paucity of research focused specifically on the utilization of electronic best practice alerts (BPA) in improving treatment for acute sinusitis.

Methods: This observational cohort study examined prescribing behavior for sinusitis at a single Federally Qualified Health Center 1 year prior and during the first year of implementation of a BPA in the electronic health record (EHR) reminding providers of the recommended treatment of sinusitis.

Race and Ethnicity Do Not Clinically Associate with Quality of Life Among Patients with Chronic Severe Pain in a Federally Qualified Health Center.

Objective: Previous research suggests that race/ethnicity predicts health-related quality of life (HRQL) in chronic pain populations but has not examined this in community settings. This study evaluated this association in 522 community-dwelling patients with chronic pain treated at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).

Design: Cross-sectional secondary analysis.