Background Medication‐related adverse events in primary care represent an important
cause of hospital admissions and mortality. Adverse events could result from people …

Interest in high users of acute care continues to grow as health care organizations look to
deliver cost-effective and high-quality care to patients. Since “super-utilizers” of acute care …

Background Practitioners and policy makers need evidence to facilitate the selection of
effective prevention interventions that can address the ongoing opioid overdose epidemic in …

Objective For large, integrated healthcare delivery systems, coordinating patient care across
delivery systems with providers external to the system presents challenges. We explored the …

Background Risk of overdose, suicide, and other adverse outcomes are elevated among
sub-populations prescribed opioid analgesics. To address this, the Veterans Health …

Methods We conducted a systematic review of the literature to identify opioid stewardship
(OS) strategies implemented in primary care and other settings. Included studies evaluated …

Background Nursing brings a unique lens to care of patients with pain and opioid misuse.
Aims This scoping review describes nursing's contribution to the literature on the …

Background Persistent opioid use is common after surgical procedures, and postoperative
opioid prescribing often transitions from surgeons to primary care physicians in the months …

Introduction Patients who doctor shop for opioids are a vulnerable population that present a
difficult dilemma for their health care providers regarding best methods of immediate …

Introduction Suboptimal transitions from the emergency department (ED) to outpatient
settings can result in poor care continuity, and subsequently higher costs to the healthcare …