Responding to the opioid crisis in North America and beyond: recommendations of the Stanford–Lancet Commission

K Humphreys, CL Shover, CM Andrews, ASB Bohnert… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary The Stanford–Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis
was formed in response to soaring opioid-related morbidity and mortality in the USA and …

Inappropriate opioid prescription after surgery

MD Neuman, BT Bateman, H Wunsch - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Worldwide, the use of prescription opioid analgesics more than doubled between 2001 and
2013, with several countries, including the USA, Canada, and Australia, experiencing …

[HTML][HTML] Care for low back pain: can health systems deliver?

AC Traeger, R Buchbinder, AG Elshaug… - Bulletin of the World …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally. In 2018, an
international working group called on the World Health Organization to increase attention on …

Effect of integrating machine learning mortality estimates with behavioral nudges to clinicians on serious illness conversations among patients with cancer: a stepped …

CR Manz, RB Parikh, DS Small, CN Evans… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Serious illness conversations (SICs) are structured conversations between
clinicians and patients about prognosis, treatment goals, and end-of-life preferences …

Systematic review of clinician-directed nudges in healthcare contexts

BS Last, AM Buttenheim, CE Timon, N Mitra… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Nudges are interventions that alter the way options are presented, enabling
individuals to more easily select the best option. Health systems and researchers have …

Opioid prescribing patterns among medical providers in the United States, 2003-17: retrospective, observational study

MV Kiang, K Humphreys, MR Cullen, S Basu - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the distribution and patterns of opioid prescribing in the United States.
Design Retrospective, observational study. Setting National private insurer covering all 50 …

Effectiveness of non-interruptive nudge interventions in electronic health records to improve the delivery of care in hospitals: a systematic review

MZ Raban, PJ Gates, S Gamboa… - Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To describe the application of nudges within electronic health records (EHRs)
and their effects on inpatient care delivery, and identify design features that support effective …

National variation in opioid prescribing and risk of prolonged use for opioid-naive patients treated in the emergency department for ankle sprains

MK Delgado, Y Huang, Z Meisel, S Hennessy… - Annals of emergency …, 2018 - Elsevier
Study objective To inform opioid stewardship efforts, we describe the variation in emergency
department (ED) opioid prescribing for a common minor injury, ankle sprain, and determine …

Sustained implementation of a multicomponent strategy to increase emergency department-initiated interventions for opioid use disorder

M Lowenstein, J Perrone, RA Xiong, CK Snider… - Annals of emergency …, 2022 - Elsevier
Study objective There is strong evidence supporting emergency department (ED)-initiated
buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, but less is known about how to implement this …

Evaluation of interventions to reduce opioid prescribing for patients discharged from the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis

R Daoust, J Paquet, M Marquis, JM Chauny… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Limiting opioid overprescribing in the emergency department (ED) may be
associated with decreases in diversion and misuse. Objective To review and analyze …