Implementation of Opioid Safety Efforts: Influence of Academic Detailing on Adverse Outcomes Among Patients in the Veterans Health Administration.
Williams E, Frost M, Bounthavong M, Edmonds A, Lau M, Edelman E, Harvey M, Christopher M. Implementation of Opioid Safety Efforts: Influence of Academic Detailing on Adverse Outcomes Among Patients in the Veterans Health Administration. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2024, 29767342241243309. PMID: 38634339, DOI: 10.1177/29767342241243309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationAcademic detailingAll-cause mortalityInpatient admissionsED visitsHealth AdministrationVA electronic health recordOpioid poisoningEmergency departmentOdds of all-cause mortalityElectronic health recordsRates of inpatient admissionsAssociated with decreased all-cause mortalityPatients prescribed long-term opioidsInterrupted time series analysisIncreased inpatient hospitalizationsOpioid-related outcomesOverdose prevention initiativesLong-term opioidsIncreasing incidence ratesLong-term opioid prescriptionsPatient-level dataObservational cohort of patientsHealth recordsAD implementation