NEW study on #opioids and overdoses in #Tennessee: @melissamcpheete and her partners at @TNDeptofHealth found that prescribing opioids is common in the year before a non-fatal overdoes, and does not decrease considerably following a nonfatal OD event.
vumc.org/health-policy/…
Also notable, medically assisted treatment, like prescriptions for buprenorphine, may be underutilized. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
The study notes that primary care providers may have never known of the overdose events, and these prescriptions may have been clinically necessary. vumc.org/health-policy/…
It also notes that #Tennessee does not have a statewide health information exchange and no established system to routinely notify PCPs after an ED or inpatient visit for an overdose. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Other states have these systems and use them to help combat the #OpioidEpidemic. vumc.org/health-policy/…
Read the full study in Preventive Medicine here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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