Search results for "Addiction Medicine"
Hospitalist involvement needed to treat opioid epidemic
Despite rising admissions related to opioid use disorder, few hospitalists are obtaining the expertise to prescribe medications for addiction. Experts say they should.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/hospitalist-treat-opioid-epidemic.htm
15 Oct 2017
The case for a chief primary care medical officer
Two physicians propose a new administrative/clinical role to reduce discontinuity between inpatient and outpatient care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/01/qa-chief-primary-care-medical-officer.htm
15 Jan 2018
Targeting smoking cessation efforts
Hospitalists can tailor therapies and increase the chance that patients will quit.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/targeting-smoking-cessation-efforts.htm
15 Feb 2018
New addiction medicine consult service improved hospital staff perceptions of care
The consult service provided management of withdrawal, medications such as methadone and buprenorphine, counseling and behavioral treatment, peer engagement and support, and linkages to community-based addiction care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/02/3.htm
2 May 2018
Prescription monitoring, families in the ICU, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/08/in-the-news.htm
15 Aug 2018
Hospitalizations, heart valve surgeries for drug-associated infective endocarditis increase
From 2007 to 2017, annual hospitalizations for drug use-associated infective endocarditis increased by about 12-fold in one state, with opioids implicated in nearly two-thirds of cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/12/05/2.htm
5 Dec 2018
Hospitals changing practices to curb opioid epidemic
Interventions include shorter prescriptions and closer monitoring.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/hospitals-changing-practices-to-curb-opioid-epidemic.htm
15 Mar 2019
The IMPACT of treating addiction
One hospital launched a consult service focused on inpatients with substance use disorders.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/success-story-the-impact-of-treating-addiction.htm
15 Apr 2019
COPD transitions, afib in sepsis
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/06/recent-research.htm
15 Jun 2019
In-hospital addiction consults may increase treatment of substance use disorder postdischarge
In a cohort study in Oregon, patients were treated by the Improving Addiction Care Team service, an addiction medicine consult service offered at one large academic hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/08/21/4.htm
21 Aug 2019