Methods In developing this guideline, the steering committee followed standards for trustworthy
guidelines. 15 We included innovative approaches for key standards such as patient …

Background: Expert guidelines recommend reducing or discontinuing long-term opioid
therapy (LTOT) when risks outweigh benefits, but evidence on the effect of dose reduction on …

BACKGROUND Chronic opioid therapy for chronic pain treatment has increased. Hospital
physicians, including hospitalists and medical/surgical resident physicians, care for many …

Background A national crisis of opioid-related morbidity, mortality, and misuse has led to
initiatives to address the appropriate role of opioids to treat pain. Deployment of a guideline …

Objective. There is inadequate evidence of long-term benefit and growing evidence of the
risks of chronic opioid therapy (COT). Opioid dose reduction, or opioid tapering, may reduce …

There is consensus in dissemination and implementation (D&I) science that addressing
contextual factors is critically important for understanding translation of health care delivery …

Background Healthcare discrimination based on race/ethnicity is associated with decreased
healthcare access and utilization among racial/ethnic minority patients. Discrimination …

Background Many health outcomes and implementation science studies have demonstrated
the importance of tailoring evidence-based care interventions to local context to improve fit. …

BACKGROUND Individuals involved with the criminal justice system have increased health
needs and poor access to primary care. OBJECTIVE To examine hospital and emergency …

Objective Given the risks of long-term opioid therapy, patients may benefit from tapering
these medications. There is little evidence to guide providers’ approach to this process. We …