Abstract: Due to the harms associated with long-term opioid therapy and, often, the lack of benefit, it is guideline concordant to offer patients the opportunity to engage in a …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Opioid overdose (OD) remains a pressing public health crisis in the United States, with substantial gaps in postoverdose care, particularly among veterans. …
Abstract: Background: Use of complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies has increased over the past two decades. Accumulating evidence supports the effectiveness of CIH …
Abstract:Approximately 50% of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have chronic pain. This pain is often severe and associated with poor quality of life, contributing to …
Abstract:The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest provider of opioid use disorder (OUD) care in the United States. Providing access to life-saving medications for …
Abstract: Background: Clinicians and healthcare systems have little evidence available to guide effective strategies to manage pain while reducing opioid use. The Veterans Pain …
Abstract: Background: Veterans are at high risk for pain-related disability, medication overdose, and opioid-related deaths. In response, Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systems …
Abstract: Background: Veterans are at high risk for pain-related disability, medication overdose, and opioid-related deaths. In response, Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systems …
Abstract: Background: Populations disproportionately impacted by the opioid epidemic are less likely to receive medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD; OUD). The COVID-19 …
Abstract: Guideline concordant opioid therapy is a key part of the concerted effort to address the opioid crisis in the United States. The study aimed to compare the rates of …
Abstract: This analysis was part of the Pain and Smoking Study (PASS), a randomized trial of a cognitive behavioral intervention (CBI) for Veterans with chronic pain who smoke. The …
Abstract: Objective: To determine the budget impact of implementing multidisciplinary complex pain clinics (MCPCs) for Veterans Health Administration (VA) patients living with …