All Articles on Opioids
Opioids: Encouraging trends and new challengesKaiser Permanente Washington led in reducing opioids. We’re seeing benefits, but more work is needed, writes Dr. Michael Von Korff.
6 Building Blocks helps rural clinics to manage opioidsDr. Michael Parchman and colleagues use new ways to enable small clinics to reduce opioid use in the Pacific Northwest.
Celebrating Dr. Michael Von Korff’s 36 years of research to improve care for depression and chronic painDiscovering better ways to care for people who are depressed or have chronic pain, one of KPWHRI’s founding scientists has helped change health care around the globe.
Of big data, systems change, research partnerships, and planting redwoodsA conversation with KPWHRI’s Dr. Michael Von Korff, ScD, as he retires after 36 years of transformative health research
Think globally, act locally: KPWHRI helps improve care with the Bree CollaborativeKPWHRI investigators contribute time, knowledge, and expertise to better care in Washington State around opioid prescribing, chronic pain, and more
Tackling opioids: Rethinking a ‘medicalized’ approach to painHealth care providers are addressing harm caused by overtreatment with narcotics while finding new ways to treat pain more safely.
Patient-doctor trust withstands opioid risk reductionRisk-reduction initiative for chronic opioid therapy sustains patient-doctor trust, Dr. Karen Sherman finds.
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