Physicians combat opioid crisis

Confronting a crisis: An open letter to America's physicians on the opioid epidemic.

As a profession that places patient well-being as our highest priority, we must accept responsibility to re-examine prescribing practices. We must begin by preventing our patients from becoming addicted to opioids in the first place. We must work with federal and private health insurers to enable access to multi-disciplinary treatment programs for patients with pain and expand access for medica...

Physicians Burn Out - Silent Crisis

197 Volume No. 21 (4), December 2016 Life is getting tougher and busier with every passing day despite advancements in technology. The chain between demand and supply is pushing people to take an extra step forward, be it personal, professional or educational. The working class faces the dual responsibility of keeping home and profession go in harmony. In maintaining stability during this tussl...

The Opioid Crisis From Research to Practice.

I n 2015, researchers from Yale University published a randomized, controlled trial on the treatment of opioid addiction.1 The study asked whether patients identified in the emergency department would benefit from prompt access to the well-proven medication buprenorphine, including onsite prior to discharge. The researchers were questioning not what, how, why, or who—but where. The results of t...

The Opioid Crisis and Its Consequences.

Seeking Solutions to the Opioid Crisis.

At an event focusing on population-health approaches to the opioid epidemic, discussants agreed that better coordination of care, community involvement in finding solutions, and more consistent use of improved pain-control options are required.