2023
Leveraging a Learning Collaborative Model to Develop and Pilot Quality Measures to Improve Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department
Hawk K, Weiner S, Rothenberg C, Bernstein E, D'Onofrio G, Herring A, Hoppe J, Ketcham E, LaPietra A, Nelson L, Perrone J, Ranney M, Samuels E, Strayer R, Sharma D, Goyal P, Schuur J, Venkatesh A. Leveraging a Learning Collaborative Model to Develop and Pilot Quality Measures to Improve Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 83: 225-234. PMID: 37831040, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.08.490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAtraumatic back painCommunity EDED visitsBack painOpioid prescribing practicesFirst-line treatmentEmergency department patientsOpioid use disorderQuality improvement projectEvidence-based resourcesOpioid administrationOpioid prescriptionsDental painSafe analgesiaDepartment patientsOpioid pillsPrescribing practicesEmergency departmentAmerican CollegeUse disordersMedication safety educationPainOpioidsImprovement projectVisits
2021
Emergency Department Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
Samuels E, Coupet E, D’Onofrio G. Emergency Department Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. 2021, 57-75. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80818-1_5.ChaptersOpioid use disorderED visitsUse disordersUntreated opioid use disorderDrug-related emergency department visitsNonfatal opioid overdoseUS ED visitsEmergency department treatmentFirst-line treatmentLow-dose ketamineEmergency department visitsIllicit opioid useDosage of medicationRegional nerve blocksAddiction treatment medicationsHarm reduction servicesTake-home naloxoneCost-effective treatmentAcute painOpioid useDepartment visitsOUD treatmentTreatment medicationsNerve blockOpioid agonists