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- September 10, 2013
Causes and Consequences of Rural Pharmacy Closures: A Multi-Case Study
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreThe RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis completed case studies in six rural communities that lost their only remaining retail pharmacy since 2007. In five of the six communities, residents now either drive to the nearest pharmacy or use mail- order to receive their prescriptions and, in some...
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Project ECHO Brings Pain Expertise to Rural Docs
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreRural areas typically are underserved by pain specialists, so primary care doctors may be on their own when caring for patients with chronic pain or may have to refer patients long distances for a pain consultation. To address this problem in New Mexico, doctors at the University of New...
- September 10, 2013
House bid to undo dialysis cuts shows lobbyists’ muscle
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreEight months ago, Congress ordered the Obama administration to eliminate a stark example of federal government waste: more than $500 million a year in excessive drug payments being sent to dialysis clinics nationwide. But in a demonstration of just how hard it is to curb spending in Washington, more...
- September 10, 2013
Randomized treatments may be more effective at stopping disease outbreaks
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreHerding cats is a cakewalk compared with getting people to take flu vaccine shots in the last weeks of summer—work, school, limited pharmacy hours, beach days and countless other factors conspire to interfere. As a result, vaccinations tend to trickle in over many months. Rather than resisting this tendency,...
- September 10, 2013
Trends in cancer care near the end of life
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreEven though most patients with advanced cancer prefer care that minimizes symptoms, many still receive intense treatment and are not admitted into hospice care until their last three days of life, according to research from the Dartmouth Atlas Project. Although hospice care for Medicare patients with advanced cancer is...
- September 10, 2013
Financial Factors and the Implementation of Medications for Treating Opioid Use Disorders
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreOpportunities to effectively treat opioid use disorders (OUDs) are enhanced by the availability of pharmacological treatments. Unlike substance use disorders (SUDs) associated with stimulants or cannabis where such treatments are not yet available, there are effective pharmacological treatments for OUDs, namely methadone, buprenorphine, tablet naltrexone, and, most recently, a depot formulation of...
- September 10, 2013
Transdisciplinary collaboration and endorsement of pharmacological and psychosocial evidence-based practices by medical and psychosocial substance abuse treatment providers in the United States
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreTransdisciplinary collaboration refers to the work of diverse service providers – physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists and paraprofessionals – with distinct training and specializations (McCallin, 2001). Transdisciplinary collaboration has been shown to improve both the management and quality of care (Orchard, Curran, & Kabene, 2005; Pinto, Wall, Yu, Penido, & Schmidt, 2012), and is particularly...
- September 10, 2013
Undergoing transformation to the patient centered medical home in safety net health centers: Perspectives from the front lines
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreThe community health center movement, initiated in 1965, provided a system of federally qualified health centers (FQHC), which were designed to reduce health disparities among racial/ethnic minority groups, the poor, and uninsured by providing affordable, accessible, and high quality primary care services.1 The FQHC system has grown to provide primary care service to over 20 million patients...
- September 10, 2013
Patient experiences: Rural, safety net, and teaching hospitals
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreClick here to view the group report.
- September 10, 2013
Innovations in addiction treatment Providers working with Integrated Primary Care Services
By Bridgette Olson on September 10, 2013Read moreOn April 16, 2012, the SAMHSA-HRSA center for integrated health solutions convened a meeting of substance abuse providers that have integrated primary care services. the meeting aimed to gain insights and perspectives from addiction treatment programs, and their primary care partners, experienced in integrating primary care services. this document is...