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.…
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 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…
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…
Chief Quality Officer Michael Kanter, MD, shares how a systematic approach to opioid prescribing can effectively reduce overuse.