Novel Delivery Methods for Medication Therapy Management: Mark Schneiderhan
Status: Two funded projects (one in collaboration with Tim Cernehous).

Collaborative Rural Hospice Care for Improving Medication Therapy Management: Jon Schommer
Status: Funded pilot study was completed in 2008. Proposal submitted to AHRQ was not funded.

Evaluation of AWARxE Medication Take-Back Project: Jon Schommer
Status: Analysis of pilot data in process (unfunded). Project Proposal submitted to AHRQ was not funded.

Improving Provision of Medication Therapy Management in Ambulatory Care Settings: Jon Schommer
Status: Project Proposal submitted to AHRQ was not funded. Revision of proposal in process.

Evaluation of Health Information Technology to Improve the Quality and Safety of Medication Management in Small to Medium Practices: Kevin Peterson, et al.
Status: Project Proposal currently under review at AHRQ.

Osteoporosis Project: Rick Cline
Status: Project Proposal currently under review at NIH.

Chronic Renal Disease Project: Wendy St. Peter
Status: Proposal being prepared for submission.

Interprofessional Collaboration Project: Tom Lackner
Status: Proposal being prepared for submission.

Complementary Treatment to Improve Diabetes Self-Management: Cindy Gross
Status: Proposal being prepared for submission.

Blood Pressure Monitoring Project: Randy Seifert
Status: Project is currently in pilot study development with Lifeclinic and Novartis colleagues.

Publications and Presentations from Research Conducted in Minnesota PBRN Pharmacies
Schommer, Jon C., "Community Pharmacy Practice-Based Research Networks," America's Pharmacist, October 2008, 75-89.

Schommer, Jon C., Marcia M. Worley, Andrea L. Kjos, Serguei V.S. Pakhomov , and Stephen W. Schondelmeyer, "A Thematic Analysis for How Patients, Prescribers, Experts, and Patient Advocates View the Prescription Choice Process," Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2009, Vol. 5, 154-169.

Schommer, Jon C., Yen-Wen (Cindy) Chen, Andrea L. Kjos, Jagannath Muzumdar, and Siting Zhou, "Decision-Making Regarding Prescription Drugs: Out-of-Pocket Pressures," Drug Benefit Trends, 2009, in press.

Eischens, Karla P., Sheila W.C. Gilling, Ryan E. Okerlund, Teresa R. Grund, Paul S. Iverson, and Jon C. Schommer, "Collaborative Hospice Care in Rural Minnesota: A Tool for Improving Medication Therapy Management," Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2009, accepted pending revisions.

Schommer, Jon C., Marcia M. Worley, Stephen W. Schondelmeyer, Jagannath Muzumdar, and Andrea L. Kjos, "Evaluation of Best Buy Drug Outreach Project," presented at the 156th Annual Meeting of the American Pharmacists Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6, 2009.

Muzumdar, Jagannath, Jon C. Schommer, Yen-Wen (Cindy) Chen, Siting Zhou, and Andrea L. Kjos, "Decision-Making Regarding Prescription Drugs: First Impressions," presented at the 156th Annual Meeting of the American Pharmacists Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6, 2009.

Chen, Yen-Wen (Cindy), Siting Zhou, Jon C. Schommer, Jagannath Muzumdar, and Andrea L. Kjos, "Decision-Making Regarding Prescription Drugs: Getting Involved," presented at the 156th Annual Meeting of the American Pharmacists Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6, 2009.

Kjos, Andrea L., Jon C. Schommer, Marcia M. Worley, Yen-Wen (Cindy) Chen, Siting Zhou, and Jagannath Muzumdar, "Decision-Making Regarding Prescription Drugs: Social Networking," presented at the 156th Annual Meeting of the American Pharmacists Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6, 2009.

Schommer, Jon C., Yen-Wen (Cindy) Chen, Andrea L. Kjos, Jagannath Muzumdar, and Siting Zhou, "Decision-Making Regarding Prescription Drugs: Out-of-Pocket Pressures," presented at the 156th Annual Meeting of the American Pharmacists Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 5, 2009.

Schondelmeyer, Stephen W., Andrea L. Kjos, Yingli Yuan, and Jon C. Schommer, "Cost Savings to a Health Plan from Evidence-Based Utilization of Prescription Drugs," presented at the 156th Annual Meeting of the American Pharmacists Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 5, 2009.

Kjos, Andrea L., Marcia M. Worley, and Jon C. Schommer, "Medication Information Seeking Behavior: Exploring Patients' Use of Lay Social Networks," Presented at 15th Annual Midwest Qualitative Research Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 25-26, 2009.