Articles Tagged With: addiction
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IHI Provides Practical Steps for Reducing Morbidity and Mortality From Opioids
Simply reducing the number of opioid prescriptions is not enough, the report authors wrote. Hospitals must be much more proactive in identifying patients with opioid use disorder and initiating treatment wherever those patients are encountered within the treatment process.
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Annual Survey Reveals Mixed Findings on U.S. Mental Health, Substance Use
Illicit drug use among young Americans declined slightly, but too many people are not seeking proper treatment for various disorders.
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Opioid Epidemic Brings Patient Safety Risks
The opioid addiction epidemic is introducing a new patient safety risk to healthcare facilities: the possibility of desperate and clever opioid addicts diverting medications from patients, which could leave the provider liable for any consequences.
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Outpatient Surgery Staff Members Can Fight Patients’ Opioid Addiction
With 78 opioid-related deaths a day, what can one healthcare staff member do? The answer is plenty, according to a panel discussion at the recent annual meeting of the American Medical Association.
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Strategies for Prescribing Opioids Appropriately
Prescription opiate abuse and misuse has become a growing epidemic recently, and the problem seems to be propagating without an immediate end in sight. It is known that prescription opiate abuse has clear links to heroin abuse (which also has become increasingly more prevalent), and, in some instances, primary care physicians may be adding fuel to the proverbial fire.
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Uniformity of uniforms one way to improve patient experience
In addition to developing an app that offers no-hassle refunds to unsatisfied patients, Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA, is taking other steps to improve the patient experience.