Expanding the role of clinical pharmacists on interdisciplinary primary care teams for chronic pain and opioid management.

Background: Facilitating appropriate and safe prescribing of opioid medications for chronic pain management in primary care is a pressing public health concern. Interdisciplinary team-based models of primary care are exploring the expansion of clinical pharmacist roles to support disease management for chronic conditions, e.g.

Effects of Mobility and Cognition on Risk of Mortality in Women in Late Life: A Prospective Study.

Background: This study examines the effects of mobility and cognition on mortality risk in women late in life.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted among 1,495 women (mean age 87.6 years) participating in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Year 20 examination (2006-2008).

Characteristics of veterans using Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinics.

In the late 1990s, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) initiated a system of community-based outpatient clinics to enhance access to care. The purpose of this study was to explore factors that may be related to veterans' desire to transfer care from VA-based to community clinics. Among 1,452 veterans who were currently receiving VA clinic care and were eligible for care in two community-based clinics in rural Minnesota, 85 percent responded to a survey.