TY - JOUR
KW - Chronic Pain
KW - Health Policy
KW - opioid use disorder
AU - J. W. Frank
AU - A. S. B. Bohnert
AU - F. Sandbrink
AU - M. McGuire
AU - K. Drexler
A1 - 
AB - Evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorder, the prevention of opioid overdose and other opioid-related harms, and safe and effective pain management are priorities for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The VHA Office of Health Services Research and Development hosted a State-of-the-Art Conference on "Effective Management of Pain and Addiction: Strategies to Improve Opioid Safety" on September 10-11, 2019. This conference convened a multidisciplinary group to discuss and achieve consensus on a research agenda and on implementation and policy recommendations to improve opioid safety for Veterans. Participants were organized into three workgroups: (1) managing opioid use disorder; (2) Long-term opioid therapy and opioid tapering; (3) managing co-occurring pain and substance use disorder. Here we summarize the implementation and policy recommendations of each workgroup and highlight important cross-cutting issues related to telehealth, care coordination, and stepped care model implementation.
AD - VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO, USA. joseph.frank@va.gov.; Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA. joseph.frank@va.gov.; University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.; Center for Clinical Management Research, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.; Washington DC VA Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.; Office of Specialty Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, USA.; George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.; Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, USA.; Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, USA.; Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA.; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
BT - Journal of general internal medicine
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; HIT & Telehealth; Opioids & Substance Use
CP - Suppl 3
DO - 10.1007/s11606-020-06295-y
IS - Suppl 3
JF - Journal of general internal medicine
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - Evidence-based treatment of opioid use disorder, the prevention of opioid overdose and other opioid-related harms, and safe and effective pain management are priorities for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The VHA Office of Health Services Research and Development hosted a State-of-the-Art Conference on "Effective Management of Pain and Addiction: Strategies to Improve Opioid Safety" on September 10-11, 2019. This conference convened a multidisciplinary group to discuss and achieve consensus on a research agenda and on implementation and policy recommendations to improve opioid safety for Veterans. Participants were organized into three workgroups: (1) managing opioid use disorder; (2) Long-term opioid therapy and opioid tapering; (3) managing co-occurring pain and substance use disorder. Here we summarize the implementation and policy recommendations of each workgroup and highlight important cross-cutting issues related to telehealth, care coordination, and stepped care model implementation.
PY - 2020
SN - 1525-1497; 0884-8734; 0884-8734
SP - 983
EP - 987
EP - 
T1 - Implementation and Policy Recommendations from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Strategies to Improve Opioid Safety
T2 - Journal of general internal medicine
TI - Implementation and Policy Recommendations from the VHA State-of-the-Art Conference on Strategies to Improve Opioid Safety
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; HIT & Telehealth; Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 33145691
U3 - 10.1007/s11606-020-06295-y
VL - 35
VO - 1525-1497; 0884-8734; 0884-8734
Y1 - 2020
Y2 - Dec
ER -