Uncovering the Potential of Medical Practice Data for Older Persons with Mobile Primary Care/Curana Health

This project aims to establish a robust data infrastructure to support future comparative analyses. Key components include developing a unified data warehouse and comprehensively characterizing the Mobile Primary Care/Curana Health population, including demographics, medication use, social determinants of health (SDoH), frailty, multimorbidity, caregiver status, and health literacy. The project will also establish a continuous outcomes data stream. Insights derived from these data are expected to inform and enhance medical interventions.

Principal Investigator

Robert Wahler, PharmD (Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Scott V. Monte, PharmD (Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)

UB Researchers

Haowen Hsu, PharmD, MPH (Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Ranjit Singh, MB BChir, MBA (Department of Family Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences)

Funding Source and Dates

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Seed Support Program - [07/01/2024 - 06/30/2027]

Project Status

Active

conference presentations

Wahler RG, Colantuono J, Hsu H, Monte SV, Clark CM, Feuerstein SG, Jacobs DM, Singh R. The association of frailty with medication usage in older persons in Western NY in 2023. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Deprescribing, Montreal, Canada. April 27-29, 2026

Student Poster: O'Connor APS, Monte S, Hsu HF, Singh R, Wahler RG. Depression, Anxiety, and Medication Burden as Key Predictors of the Drug Burden Index in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2026;74(S1):S221. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.70425