2018
Testing implementation facilitation of a primary care-based collaborative care clinical program using a hybrid type III interrupted time series design: a study protocol
Midboe AM, Martino S, Krein SL, Frank JW, Painter JT, Chandler M, Schroeder A, Fenton BT, Troszak L, Erhardt T, Kerns RD, Becker WC. Testing implementation facilitation of a primary care-based collaborative care clinical program using a hybrid type III interrupted time series design: a study protocol. Implementation Science 2018, 13: 145. PMID: 30486877, PMCID: PMC6262952, DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0838-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalgesics, OpioidCooperative BehaviorEvidence-Based PracticeHumansImplementation ScienceInservice TrainingInterrupted Time Series AnalysisPain ManagementPractice Patterns, Physicians'Primary Health CareProgram EvaluationResearch DesignUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsWork EngagementConceptsCollaborative care interventionVeterans Health AdministrationImplementation facilitationPrimary careCare interventionsHigh-dose opioid therapyMorphine equivalent daily doseVHA health care systemClinical programsImplementation facilitation strategyOutpatient opioid prescriptionsOpioid prescribing practicesPain management servicesCollaborative care programEquivalent daily dosePrimary care clinicsPrimary care providersRE-AIM frameworkInterrupted time seriesOpioid overdose crisisHealth care systemInterrupted time series designEligible patientsMedication taperingOpioid therapy
2017
Impact of the Opioid Safety Initiative on opioid-related prescribing in veterans
Lin LA, Bohnert ASB, Kerns RD, Clay MA, Ganoczy D, Ilgen MA. Impact of the Opioid Safety Initiative on opioid-related prescribing in veterans. Pain 2017, 158: 833-839. PMID: 28240996, DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000837.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid Safety InitiativeVeterans Health AdministrationConcurrent benzodiazepineDaily opioid dosageElectronic medical record dataOutpatient opioid prescriptionsSafe opioid prescribingOpioid prescribing practicesMedical record dataInterrupted time series analysisSafety initiativesOpioid dosageOpioid prescribingOpioid prescriptionsOpioid regimensOutpatient prescribingVHA patientsPrescribing practicesVHA facilitiesAdverse outcomesSafe prescribingSystem-wide initiativesPrescribingPatientsOpioids