Reducing Opioids Not Associated with Lower Patient Satisfaction Scores
A Kaiser Permanente study found patients receiving recommended reduction in opioids dosage still rated their doctors favorably.
Successful Kaiser Permanente Opioid Management Leverages Physician Leadership, Customized EMR, and Prevention
In remarks at the 2018 World Health Care Congress this week, Imelda Dacones, MD, president and CEO of Northwest Permanente, shared how a customized electronic medical record, physician leadership, and a system-wide approach to prevention and rescue led to significant decreases in high-dose opioid prescriptions, among other improvements.
Prescription Opioids and Infection Risk: Research and Caution Needed
Sascha Dublin, MD, PhD, who studies the effects of prescription medications on patient populations as associate investigator at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWRI), recently co-authored an editorial on opioids and infection in the Annals of Internal Medicine.…
Managing Pain During an Opioids Epidemic
The Permanente Medical Groups utilize a four-pronged approach to prescription opioids that focuses on physician education, community protection, patient safety, and patient education.
Edward Ellison, MD, Shares Permanente Medicine Approach to Opioid Safety on SiriusXM
Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of the board, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, was recently tapped for his opioids expertise in an interview on Doctor Radio Reports on SiriusXM. He and other physician experts spoke with…
Edward Ellison, MD, Testifies Before the President’s Commission on Opioid Crisis
Edward M. Ellison, MD, executive medical director and chairman of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group, testified last Friday before the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. He described Kaiser Permanente’s Safe and Appropriate Opioid Prescribing…
PBS NewsHour Highlights Efforts by Permanente Physicians to Reduce Opioid Prescribing
A recent PBS NewsHour report from its series, “America Addicted,” highlights the growing opioid epidemic and the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommending doctors avoid or limit prescribing legal painkillers to their patients. The story features a…
The Road to Safe and Appropriate Opioid Prescribing
Chief Quality Officer Michael Kanter, MD, shares how a systematic approach to opioid prescribing can effectively reduce overuse.
A Comprehensive Approach to Safer, More Appropriate Opioid Prescribing
A study looking at Kaiser Permanente's program on opioid prescribing found a systematic approach can produce positive results.
