Articles Tagged With: opioid
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Large Texas Health System Cuts Long-Term Opioid Prescriptions Significantly
Education, monitoring, and incentives lead to 64% reduction in prescriptions of five days or longer.
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Indiana Patients Turning to EDs for Opioid Use Disorder Assistance
The rate of such encounters skyrocketed over five years; researchers search for answers.
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Arriving at ‘Yes’ on Providing Treatment, Referral for Opioid Use Disorders
Bringing emergency physicians on board with the idea of initiating patients on medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders can present challenges.
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EDs in Smaller Communities Can Initiate Medication-Assisted Treatment Without Additional Resources
There are many reasons why EDs may choose to keep patients who present with opioid use disorders at arm’s length, preferring to hand them off to an addiction or behavioral health specialist whenever possible. One of the more frequent refrains is that they simply do not have the resources or expertise to treat addictions.
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Data-Sharing Initiative Targets U.S. Drug Overdose Crisis
Public-private partnership aims to strengthen multigovernmental coordination on prevention efforts.
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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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Aetna Combines Data With Clinical Insight for Quality Improvement
A pair of data-driven quality improvement initiatives are helping Aetna improve care in two different areas. One involves improving oral hygiene to reduce infections; another helps reduce opioid-related deaths by contacting patients after an overdose.
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One-Size-Fits-All Limits on Opioids Are Ethically Problematic
The current opioid crisis generated immediate actions at many levels; regulatory requirements were implemented quickly. However, some of these placed seemingly arbitrary limits on prescribing, even for painful surgical procedures.
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Analysis: Opioid Epidemic Costing U.S. Economy Billions
Nearly one-third of the estimated burden tied to excess healthcare spending for individuals with opioid use disorder.
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Ethical Concerns if Opioids are Given in ED
Medicaid recipients are at moderate risk for conversion to opioid misuse after just one new prescription issued in the ED, according to the authors of a recent study.