Laws limiting the prescribing or dispensing of opioids for acute pain in the United States: A national systematic legal review

CS Davis, AJ Lieberman, H Hernandez-Delgado… - Drug and alcohol …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Opioid overdose is a continuing public health crisis. In response to an
increasing recognition of the negative outcomes sometimes associated with the use of …

Optimizing opioid prescribing and pain treatment for surgery: review and conceptual framework

MC Bicket, GA Brat, S Hutfless, CL Wu… - American Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Purpose Millions of Americans who undergo surgical procedures receive opioid
prescriptions as they return home. While some derive great benefit from these medicines …

[HTML][HTML] Eighteen-year trends in the prevalence of, and health care use for, noncancer pain in the United States: data from the medical expenditure panel survey

RL Nahin, B Sayer, BJ Stussman, TM Feinberg - The journal of pain, 2019 - Elsevier
We used data from the nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to
determine the 18-year trends in the overall rates of noncancer pain prevalence and pain …

[HTML][HTML] The opioid-overdose reduction continuum of care approach (ORCCA): evidence-based practices in the HEALing communities study

T Winhusen, A Walley, LC Fanucchi, T Hunt… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The number of opioid-involved overdose deaths in the United States remains a
national crisis. The HEALing Communities Study (HCS) will test whether Communities That …

Prescriber education interventions to optimize opioid prescribing in acute care: a systematic review

RE Hopkins, T Bui, D Magliano, C Arnold… - Pain …, 2019 - research.monash.edu
Background: Opioid medications are frequently used effectively for analgesia in acute
settings, however, they are associated with dependence and addiction, and were implicated …

Nonpharmacological treatment of army service members with chronic pain is associated with fewer adverse outcomes after transition to the Veterans Health …

EL Meerwijk, MJ Larson, EM Schmidt… - Journal of general …, 2020 - Springer
Background Potential protective effects of nonpharmacological treatments (NPT) against
long-term pain-related adverse outcomes have not been examined. Objective To compare …

Army and navy ECHO pain telementoring improves clinician opioid prescribing for military patients: an observational cohort study

JG Katzman, CR Qualls, WA Satterfield, M Kistin… - Journal of General …, 2019 - Springer
Background Opioid overdose deaths occur in civilian and military populations and are the
leading cause of accidental death in the USA. Objective To determine whether ECHO Pain …

Quality improvement initiative to improve postoperative pain with a clinical pathway and nursing education program

D Naqib, M Purvin, R Prasad, IM Hanna, S Dimitri… - Pain Management …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Aims We created a multicomponent intervention to improve pain
management in the immediate postoperative period with the goal of improving the quality of …

The impact of opioid prescribing limits on drug usage in South Carolina: a novel geospatial and time series data analysis

A Sahebi-Fakhrabad, AH Sadeghi, E Kemahlioglu-Ziya… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The opioid crisis in the United States has had devastating effects on communities across the
country, leading many states to pass legislation that limits the prescription of opioid …

Exploring perspectives on changing opioid prescribing practices: A qualitative study of community stakeholders in the HEALing Communities Study

DM Walker, JE Childerhose, S Chen, N Coovert… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Community-based perspectives are needed to more broadly inform policy-
makers, public health practitioners, prescribers, and pharmacists about community-led and …