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The Authors’ Own Words: Implementation of a nationwide health economic consultation service to assist substance use researchers: Lessons learned

Jan 3, 2020 by AMERSA

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We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Implementation of a nationwide health economic consultation service to assist substance use researchers: Lessons learned

Sean M. Murphy PhD; Jared A. Leff MS; Benjamin P. Linas MD, MPH; Jake R. Morgan PhD; Kathryn McCollister PhD; & Bruce R. Schackman PhD

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“Both effectiveness and costs must be taken into consideration to successfully reach the greatest number of individuals and match them with the best interventions; however, health-economic researchers with expertise in substance use disorders and related conditions can be difficult to find. The Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorders, HCV, and HIV (CHERISH) designed a free consultation service for investigators whose work aligns with CHERISH’s mission of developing and disseminating health-economic research on healthcare utilization, health outcomes, and health-related behaviors that informs substance use disorder treatment policy, and HCV and HIV care of people who use substances. The Consultation Service serves as a resource to ensure that economic analyses are appropriately designed, methodologically sound, and feasible, and that outcomes are correctly interpreted.”

The Authors’ Own Words: Utilizing Risk Index for Overdose or Serious Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression (RIOSORD) Scores to Prioritize Offer of Rescue Naloxone in an Outpatient Veteran Population: A Telephone-based Project.

Jan 3, 2020 by AMERSA

The Authors’ Own Words:

We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Utilizing Risk Index for Overdose or Serious Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression (RIOSORD) Scores to Prioritize Offer of Rescue Naloxone in an Outpatient Veteran Population: A Telephone-based Project.

Derek Yates PharmD; Theresa Frey PharmD; & Jean Charles Montgomery MD

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“The authors believe that these results have demonstrated that patients at high risk for opioid-related adverse events are generally amenable to receiving rescue naloxone devices. In the past, one barrier to distribution of naloxone has been the need for a clinic visit to provide education on the use of a naloxone kit due to their complexity. In contrast, this project utilized telephone-based outreach to offer rescue naloxone to patients; this was made possible by the simplicity of recently FDA-approved naloxone delivery devices such as the nasal spray and the autoinjector. With their simple design the newer naloxone delivery devices allow distribution of naloxone with education on its use provided over the phone and reinforced with educational materials mailed to the patients’ homes. Addressing the opioid epidemic is a priority across the nation and services that increase naloxone distribution are essential to primary care clinics. A telephone-based service such as the one described in this paper will enable providers to reach more patients in this less resource-intensive manner and can provide access for patients with barriers to in-person visits.”

The Authors’ Own Words: A Novel Approach to Treating Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder in Pediatric Primary Care

Jan 2, 2020 by AMERSA

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A Novel Approach to Treating Adolescents with Opioid Use Disorder in Pediatric Primary Care

Sharon Levy MD, MPH; Shannon Mountain-Ray LICSW; Jason Reynolds MD, PhD; Steven J. Mendes MD, MPH; & Jonas Bromberg PsyD

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“Our report outlines a model for integrating substance use services, including treatment for opioid use disorders, into pediatric primary care. We believe this novel approach is a feasible and effective way to treat substance use during adolescence and young adulthood, a period of heightened vulnerability.”

The Authors’ Own Words: Description and outcomes of a buprenorphine maintenance treatment program integrated within Prevention Point Philadelphia, an urban syringe exchange

Jan 2, 2020 by AMERSA

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We ask authors to describe their impressions regarding the implications of their accepted work, how their findings will change practice, and what is noteworthy about the work.

Description and outcomes of a buprenorphine maintenance treatment program integrated within Prevention Point Philadelphia, an urban syringe exchange

Marcus A. Bachhuber MA , MD, MSHP; Cole Thompson MD; Ann Prybylowski MD; José Benitez MSW; Silvana Mazzella MA; & David Barclay MD

Substance Abuse Vol. 39, Iss. 2, 2018

“As heroin use continues to increase in the United States, expanding access to effective medication treatments is urgently needed. Syringe exchange programs (SEPs) provide vital harm reduction services to people who use heroin. While they have not traditionally provided treatment, they are uniquely positioned to do so. In a buprenorphine maintenance program integrated within Prevention Point Philadelphia, an urban SEP, we found that retention in buprenorphine maintenance treatment was similar to retention in other settings. While further research is needed to more fully characterize outcomes in SEPs versus other settings, our findings suggest that buprenorphine maintenance treatment fully integrated within an SEP is possible and may be one venue for future expansion of buprenorphine treatment.”

Happy New Year!

Jan 1, 2020 by AMERSA

Our team wishes for 2020 to bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements, and a lot of new inspirations for life. Wishing you a year fully loaded with happiness and success!