All Articles on Medication Use & Patient Safety

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  HEAL responds to double crisis: Opioids and COVID-19

  Health care is increasingly online—KPWHRI is studying telehealth options for opioid use disorder and chronic pain.
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  Stopping the opioid epidemic: Priority research at KPWHRI

  Opioid misuse and overdose are now a national priority. For decades, KPWHRI has worked to help patients find safe, effective ways to manage chronic pain.
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  Medication in pregnancy: Better data for healthier kids

  Researchers need much bigger data sets to find outcomes that matter, Dr. Sascha Dublin and colleagues write in Pediatrics.
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  What inspires Sascha Dublin’s maternal health research?

  Evidence from Dr. Dublin’s work helps patients and doctors make the best care choices in pregnancy.
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  FDA commits up to $220 million for next phase of drug-safety monitoring system

  The funding for the Sentinel Initiative includes establishing an innovation center, to be led by Harvard Pilgrim in partnership with KPWHRI and others.
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  What does ‘patient-centered, family-centered care’ mean?

  Researchers asked patients, caregivers, and physicians this question. Here’s what they learned.
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  Could ‘deprescribing’ anticholinergic drugs prevent dementia?

  Dr. Larson reflects on splashes, ripples, and new research, which builds on his earlier findings from the ACT study.