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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/manage-taking-opioids.html
February 01, 2020 - updated toolkit to help primary care providers manage patients who have chronic pain and are taking opioid … The new Self-Service How-To Guide adds an important component to AHRQ’s Six Building Blocks opioid … More than 130 people die every day from opioid-related drug overdoses, and more than 10 million people … Ending the crisis of opioid addiction is one of HHS Secretary Alex M. … “We stand with Secretary Azar in working every day to combat the epidemic of opioid misuse.”
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/babies-opioids.pdf
January 01, 2015 - More Babies Born Dependent on Opioids
More Babies Born Dependent on Opioids
AHRQ and HHS are working to address
the opioids crisis by making data available
to better understand the problem.
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/online-resources/opioids-elderly-nonelderly.html
February 01, 2024 - Opioid Use Among Elderly and Non-Elderly Adults by Socioeconomic Characteristics
This data … In 2015–2016, 19.3 percent of adults aged 65 and older, on average, filled at least 1 outpatient opioid … During this period, women were more likely to fill at least one opioid prescription (7.7 percent) and … to have four or more opioid prescription fills (2.2 percent) than men (5.0 percent and 1.4 percent). … versus 11.1 percent) and to have frequent opioid use (3.6 versus 2.6 percent).
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/funding-opportunities.html
February 01, 2023 - Funding Opportunities to Address Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders
Special Emphasis Notice … Drug overdose deaths and morbidity from substance use disorder continue to risk despite the fall in opioid … prescriptions and the increase in evidence-based screening and use of effective medications for opioid
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-risk-screening.pdf
December 15, 2023 - Implementing Opioid Risk Screening for Older Adults Using Automated Patient Reminders in an Electronic … Record Case Study
1
Intervention: Many older adults experience chronic pain that
requires long term opioid … Misuse Measure (COMM3) tool
for assessing opioid misuse. … ▶ Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) screening tool for assessing opioid misuse. … prescribing and treatment of opioid use
disorder among older adults.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/qdr-data-spotlight-opioids-edvisits-tx.pdf
August 11, 2021 - Opioid Use Visits in Emergency Departments
Figure 1 shows that total ED visits related to opioid use … Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in Emergency Departments
Opioid-related causes account for 1 in 80 ED … Thus, it
is important that EDs partner with opioid treatment
programs (OTPs) and office-based opioid … opioid use disorder. … Addiction (MAT-PDOA)
» Rural Opioid Technical Assistance (ROTA) grant
» State Opioid Response Grants
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/older-adults-opioid-fills.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Infographic - Opioid Fills Among Older Adults by Income
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-prescription-expenses.pdf
June 08, 2020 - Infographic - Opioid Outpatient Prescriptions Expenses Among Adults, 2017
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioids-dispensed.pdf
June 08, 2020 - Infographic - Opioid Outpatient Prescriptions Dispensed to Adults, 2017
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/evidence.html
November 01, 2023 - The USPSTF has also posted a Technical Brief on Primary Care-Related Interventions to Prevent Opioid … use, and prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder. … Setting (2019)
Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose with Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services … Personnel (2017)
Medication-Assisted Treatment Models of Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary … The Opioids Guide covers the origins of the opioid epidemic and interventions to improve opioid safety
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/implementing-what-works/compendium-intro.html
January 01, 2024 - Opioid Use in Older Adults Compendium of Resources
On this page:
Introduction
How to use … Self-Assessment
Case Studies
Introduction
While there have been extensive efforts to address the opioid … epidemic, little attention has been given to the risks and effects of opioid use, misuse, and opioid … Resources and tools for managing opioid use, misuse, and OUD cannot be one-size-fits-all; rather their … medication management and prevent opioid misuse and OUD in older adults in primary care.
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/opioids-impact-seniors.html
September 01, 2018 - Source: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Opioid-Related Inpatient Stays and Emergency
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www.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/stat-briefs.html
February 01, 2024 - This statistical brief presents estimates of fills of prescriptions for opioid medications that are commonly … HCUP Statistical Brief #271: Opioid-Related and Stimulant-Related Adult Inpatient Stays, 2012-2018 . … This brief focuses on the hospital burden of opioid-related hospitalizations by hospital urban-rural … HCUP Statistical Brief #256: Hospital Inpatient Stays Related to Opioid Use Disorder and Endocarditis … to opioid use disorder but not endocarditis, and those related to endocarditis but not opioid use disorder
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-compendium-self-assessment-instructions.pdf
December 01, 2023 - How to Complete the Practice Self-Assessment Tool for Opioid Use in Older Adults
www.ahrq.gov
How … Tool for Opioid Use in Older Adults (Self-Assessment tool) is for
primary care practices that want … with their improvement of opioid
management in older adults. … Opioid Data
2. Processes and Workflows
3. Risk Assessment
4. … Opioid Use Disorder Assessment and Treatment
5. Patient Engagement
6.
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www.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/opioid-crisis-at-county-level.html
July 01, 2018 - AHRQ Data Show Impact of Opioid Crisis at County Level
New Insights into Community Hospitalization … support their efforts to formulate the most effective remedies to reduce substance abuse, including the opioid … AHRQ’s ongoing monitoring of local opioid hospitalizations aligns with the Department of Health and Human … For example, Cook County, Ill., had an opioid-related hospitalization rate of 440 per 100,000 people … and others to understand local trends, including hospitalization rates associated with the ongoing opioid
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/improve/six-building-blocks-about.html
November 01, 2021 - About AHRQ's Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach To Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care … Program
The AHRQ Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in … Primary Care (6BBs or Building Blocks) program is an implementation blueprint to guide opioid management … Tracking and monitoring the population of patients using long-term opioid therapy. … The How-To-Implement Toolkit assists clinics in improving opioid management without external support.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/opioid-overuse.pdf
January 01, 2012 - Opioid Overuse on the Rise: More Widespread Across U.S.
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MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS U.S.
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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/ambulatory/improve/six-building-blocks.html
March 01, 2022 - AHRQ Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care … Responding to this need, AHRQ funded the Six Building Blocks: A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid … The system-based approach focuses on key areas to guide treatment of patients who use long-term opioid … To facilitate use of the program, AHRQ developed resources and tools for opioid management. … Top of Page
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-compendium-self-assessment.pdf
December 01, 2023 - Practice Self-Assessment Tool for Opioid Use in Older Adults
www.ahrq.gov
Practice Self-Assessment … Tool for Opioid Use in Older Adults
Instructions: This quality improvement self-assessment tool is … The Compendium corresponds to the Practice Self-Assessment Tool for Opioid Use in Older Adults. … High-Leverage Change Area: Opioid Data
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 … Care gap reports for
older adults on long-
term opioid therapy…
…are not available.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-ehr-oud.pdf
December 18, 2023 - Using an EHR System to Prevent Opioid Use Disorder in Older Adults in Primary Care Practices Case Study … 1
Using an Electronic Health Record
System to Prevent Opioid
Use Disorder in Older Adults in
Primary … Westfield Family Physicians took
on a quality improvement (QI) project to enhance the
assessments of opioid … treatment risks in the clinic’s older
adult population, including the risk of developing opioid
use … ▶ They conducted a one-hour training on risks of opioid use in older adults for 27 staff.