Outpatient Buprenorphine Dispensing in Texas Increased in Early Months of Pandemic

A study has found that during the first three months after the United States declared COVID-19 a national emergency ...

MAY 11, 2021

FDA Clears App to Help Opioid Use Disorder Patients Stay in Recovery Programs

The FDA cleared a mobile medical application to increase retention in an outpatient treatment program for ...

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Reduced Post-op Opioid Prescribing for Common Outpatient Procedure Achieves Spillover Effect

Implementing evidence-based opioid prescribing recommendations for one popular outpatient elective ...

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Less Aggressive Opioid Tapering Successful Regardless of Dose

Vancouver, British Columbia—Is opioid tapering possible for chronic pain patients in an outpatient community ...

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Pain Management Still a Constraint to Outpatient Procedures

Newport Beach, Calif.—Surgery is on the move: With enhanced recovery protocols, procedures that once required ...

AUGUST 8, 2017

Unused Opioids Pile Up in Medicine Cabinets, While Overprescribing Contributes to National Epidemic

Health care providers dispense far more medicine than is necessary to treat pain after pediatric outpatient ...

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Outpatient Staff Ignore Safe Injection Practices In One-Third of Cases

Staff at outpatient care facilities fail to follow recommendations for hand hygiene and safe injection practices, ...

JUNE 28, 2016

Medical Malpractice Claims Against Anesthesiologists Decrease and Shift to Outpatient Anesthesia Services

Cumulative spending on malpractice payments against anesthesiologists has fallen dramatically in recent years, from ...

JANUARY 14, 2016