Patient Safety & Outcomes

The National Quality Forum will launch a new initiative to curb opioid misuse.

While opioid prescriptions have declined since 2010, the amount of opioids prescribed in 2015 was still three times higher than in 1999, according to the CDC's most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Fairview Hospital (Great Barrington, Mass.). Fairview is a nonprofit, 25-bed member hospital of Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems. Fairview Hospital is well-renowned for the high caliber of its clinical care. Most recently, the hospital was recognized among the top 10 percent…

Surgeons and anesthesiologists across the country are relying on alternative pain treatments to limit the use of opioids post-surgery, reports Bloomberg.

A state audit revealed Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Medical Center failed to report 80 substance-exposed births to the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families within the required timeframe.

After he was denied a same-day appointment Thursday at the Center for Wellness and Pain Care in Las Vegas, a man shot two employees and then fatally shot himself, ABC News reported.

A military veteran was found dead in a car on Tuesday in the parking lot of Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., according to a 5News report.

Multidisciplinary programs designed to offer psychological support and manage post-surgical pain can successfully curb opioid use among patients at risk for developing chronic pain and becoming long-term opioid users, according to a study published in the Canadian Journal of Pain.

Three quality interventions proved effective in reducing deaths among patients with opioid use disorder in a new study published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 

Healthcare providers in Michigan wrote 11 million opioid prescriptions in both 2015 and 2016, amounting to more than one prescription for each state resident, according to an analysis of state and federal data conducted by MLive.