Worldwide, the use of prescription opioid analgesics more than doubled between 2001 and 2013, with several countries, including the USA, Canada, and Australia, experiencing …
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 …
Importance Serious illness conversations (SICs) are structured conversations between clinicians and patients about prognosis, treatment goals, and end-of-life preferences …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Importance Limiting opioid overprescribing in the emergency department (ED) may be associated with decreases in diversion and misuse. Objective To review and analyze …