The Portland Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides acute treatment for opioid use disorder through the Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP) and Opioid Treatm [...]

The opioid epidemic refers to the current widespread misuse of both prescription and nonprescription opioids in the United States, which was ignited by the increased pres [...]

Undertreated opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy contributes to poor maternal and neonatal outcomes and worsening maternal mortality in the United States, and rate [...]

Hospitalizations for patients diagnosed with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) are rising. Hospitalization is a touchpoint to connect with patients with OUD, initiate evidence-ba [...]

In Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, injection drug use is associated with younger age, homelessness, hepatitis C, MRSA, higher rates of patient-directed discharge, lower [...]

Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is an ongoing epidemic that effects millions of individuals worldwide. There is limited research on OUD in patients with cancer and standardized [...]

This project based off of objectives from Healthy People 2030 addressed awareness related to opioid use disorder (OUD) in the form of history of opioid epidemic, pathophy [...]

Adventure therapy (AT) is a widely utilized treatment modality applied to a range of clients including adolescents, adults, and families defined as "the prescriptive use [...]

In 2020, over 26.8 million people around the world were affected by opioid use disorder, with approximately 2.7 million cases of opioid use disorder in the United States [...]

March 2020 issue of the Scribe. Contents include "Helping patients who are without, or have lost, limbs" by Cliff Collins; "Providence joins elite in offering advanced im [...]