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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/factsheets/translating/action3/ACTION%20-III-2019-Project-Summaries.pdf
January 01, 2019 - Trends in long-term opioid therapy
for chronic non-cancer pain. … Management of chronic pain in the aftermath of the opioid backlash. … and
management of opioid use in older adults … Risk of injury associated with opioid use in older adults. … Trends in opioid analgesic-prescribing rates by
specialty, U.S., 2007-2012.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2018qdr-final-es.pdf
September 01, 2019 - of Care by Residence Location
Changes in Disparities by Residence Location
Inpatient Stays Due to Opioid … Among Older Adults
Dementia Measures
Emergency Department Visits With Dementia
Dementia Mortality
Opioid … Use
Opioid Measures
Opioid Prescriptions
Opioid Use Disorder
Opioid-Related Mortality
Overdose … Deaths Involving Any Opioid
Overdose Deaths Involving Natural and Semisynthetic Opioids and Overdose
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/opioids/compendium/opioids-case-study-work-around.pdf
December 15, 2023 - initiative around
workflows specific to the unique needs of older adults,
including screening for opioid-related … with upcoming
appointments and created an appointment note for older adult patients on long-term opioid … Metrics: To track implementation progress, the QI team monitored screening rates of older adults with opioid … The request to introduce the embedded patient
questionnaire to screen for other opioid-related risks … New Resource for Primary Care Practice
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality published the Opioid
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/50-multimodal-analgesia-facilitator.docx
June 01, 2023 - perioperative multimodal analgesia typically refers to the use of nonopioids, with the goal to minimize overall opioid … Tramadol, which has a weak opioid receptor activity compared to morphine, works primarily through the … However, if pain remains poorly managed or patients present with a history of chronic opioid use, additional … Dexmedetomidine, whose alpha2 agonist action closely mimics that of clonidine, has been shown to reduce opioid … consistently show that these techniques provide superior pain control while minimizing the need for opioid
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April 01, 2022 - Dental Opioid Prescriptions Have Fallen Over Time, AHRQ Study Finds . … Dental Opioid Prescriptions Have Fallen Over Time, AHRQ Study Finds
Opioid prescriptions written by … The decline accelerated after 2016, following the implementation of strategies aimed to regulate opioid … prescribing and determining if reductions in dental opioid prescribing results in clinically meaningful … decreases in opioid-related outcomes.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/opioids-chronic-pain.html
August 01, 2019 - Use Opioids for Chronic Pain, 2013-2015 (PDF, 167 KB)
Source: MEPS Research Findings #43: Annual Opioid
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August 01, 2022 - Whether it’s building an opioid tapering app or trying to improve misdiagnosis of cardiovascular disease … engineering methods to develop clinical decision support systems to help patients safely taper from long-term opioid … “Opioid tapering is a highly sensitive subject,” Dr. … identifies patients at high risk of harm from opioids and provides evidence-based guidelines to support opioid … The app includes a calculator that displays the recommended drop in opioid-dose reduction, which can
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/cpi/about/impact/index.html
April 01, 2017 - AHRQ currently funds Project ECHO to reduce opioid abuse in rural communities. … Primary care doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic are receiving remote training … AHRQ Data on Opioid Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits
Analysis from AHRQ’s Healthcare … According to AHRQ’s analysis, the rate of opioid-related hospital stays increased 64 percent between … The data illustrate the wide divide among States in opioid-related hospitalizations: In 2014, Maryland
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/opioids/data/index.html
July 01, 2021 - Data Analyses
Health Systems Research
Practice Improvement
About AHRQ’s Opioid
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/surgery/3-program-overview.pptx
June 01, 2023 - preoperative components resulted in:
Faster return of bowel function, ileus, length of stay (LOS), opioid … use, pain, PONV, SSI
Postoperative components resulted in:
Decreased pain, PONV, opioid … preoperative components resulted in:
Faster return of bowel function, LOS
Decreased pain, PONV, opioid … use
Intraoperative components resulted in:
Decreased pain, PONV, opioid use
Decreased pulmonary … complications
Decreased morbidity, LOS
Postoperative component resulted in:
Decreased pain, PONV, opioid
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-0217-section-5-table-5.pdf
April 01, 2014 - mild‐to‐moderate pain should
include NSAIDs or acetaminophen
• If mild‐to‐moderate pain persists, and opioid … Persistent or moderate‐to‐severe pain relies
on repeated assessments and appropriate
increases in opioid … frequent
assessment to maintain pain control, make
adjustments due to tolerance or adverse effects of
opioid … steps: treat the
cause, if possible; begin analgesics; start fluids; for
acute pain, administer an opioid … Patients with severe pain should be given an opioid
parenterally at frequent, fixed intervals, not as
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December 01, 2022 - Older Opioid Patients Experience More Adverse Events After Injury . … Older Opioid Patients Experience More Adverse Events After Injury
Chronic non-cancer pain Medicare … a 1.4 times greater risk of future opioid-related adverse events than those patients who did not experience … The findings indicated that identifying injuries that emerge after opioid initiation may assist in the … Toward safer opioid prescribing in HIV care (TOWER): a mixed-methods, cluster-randomized trial.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/data/resources/index.html?page=5
April 03, 2024 - Trends in Opioid-Related Hospitalizations This interactive maps provides trends in opioid-related hospitalizations … Also available at the county level for 32 states are opioid-related hospitalization discharges and rates
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cpi/about/impact/ahrq-works.pdf
April 01, 2017 - AHRQ currently funds Project ECHO to reduce opioid
abuse in rural communities. … Primary care doctors and
nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic are
receiving remote training … (Figure 5) State-specific opioid data from HCUP help show
where the burdens on hospital care have grown … According to AHRQ’s analysis, the rate of opioid-related
hospital stays increased 64 percent between … had the highest rate of
opioid-related hospital stays (404 stays per 100,000
population)—5.5 times
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/e-newsletter/886.html
October 01, 2023 - October 24, 2023
AHRQ Stats: Racial Differences in Opioid Use Among Older Adults
In 2020-2021, 14 … percent of non-Hispanic White adults aged 65 and older filled an opioid prescription on average annually … AHRQ Topic Brief Supports Primary Care Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder . … AHRQ Topic Brief Supports Primary Care Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
The AHRQ Academy , which aims … new topic brief to help primary care clinicians deliver low-threshold treatment for patients with opioid
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/research/findings/nhqrdr/2022qdr-final-es.pdf
October 01, 2022 - However, data collected for the NHQDR are better suited for monitoring
trends in concerns related to opioid … than used in prior waves of the opioid epidemic … Deaths from any opioid in 2020 were
highest in non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (28.1), … • Despite the rising incidence of opioid-related deaths, the percentage of people age 12 and
over … “Semisynthetic opioids” refer to substances synthesized from a naturally occurring opioid,
such as oxycodone
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January 01, 2021 - The Agency also maintained its commitments to address other vital areas, including efforts to end opioid … Addressing the Opioid Crisis
AHRQ’s unique capabilities to collect and analyze healthcare data added … significantly to the Nation’s efforts to curb the opioid epidemic. … Another analysis quantified the burden of opioid hospitalizations in both urban and rural communities … Seven comprehensive reports developed by our EPC program were used to update Federal opioid-prescribing
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/resources/learning-lab/ehrll-long-desc.html
April 01, 2022 - Enhanced safety for opioid prescription management processes for adults in a primary care clinic. … at Brigham and Women’s Hospital developed a system of workflows to improve management of chronic opioid … Lessons learned in implementing a chronic opioid therapy management system. … Use of systems-theoretic process analysis to design safer opioid prescribing processes. … Lessons learned in implementing a chronic opioid therapy management system.
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ce.effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patient-safety-resources/resources/advances-in-patient-safety-2/vol4/Advances-Maddox_111.pdf
June 18, 2008 - Numerous factors can lead to opioid-related RD: prescribing errors, PCA pump programming
errors, “PCA … If detected early, most cases of opioid-related RD can be treated with naloxone. … However, severe
cases can be fatal.11 PCA opioid-induced episodes of bradypnea and desaturation can … These included cases in which
PCA programming was correct, and opioid dosing was within established … Capnography provides the
earliest indication of opioid-induced RD.
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February 01, 2023 - They attributed the change partly to new opioid prescribing recommendations for adults published in 2016 … The incidence of opioid misuse among the surgical patients with persistent opioid use .