I first interviewed a person with lived experience of substance use twenty years ago. Today, I wanted to pause and reflect on the key points in this
Sending prescribing feedback won’t curb opioid use disorders
REDONNA was a single-blinded, two-arm clinical trial of a prescribing Portrait for eligible family physicians in British Columbia, Canada. It examined
Comparing Walk-in Clinics and Urgent Primary Care Centers
Walk-in clinics are non-hospital based primary care facilities that are designed to operate without appointments and provide increased healthcare
I’m almost opioid-a-phobic: Family medicine residents perceive
Over the past two decades, Canadians’ use of opioid analgesics has substantially grown, making the nation the second-largest user of opioid analgesics
How can people with opioid use disorder get better virtual care?
Virtual care is the new normal around the globe. The emergence of COVID-19 introduced a dual public health emergency in British Columbia. The province
Dennis McCarty receives prestigious Kentucky award 2022
Dennis McCarty, Ph.D., an Emeritus Professor in the School of Public Health at the Portland State University and Oregon Health & Science
Why inequality hinders effective pain relief for opioid naive people
Equitable access to care is problematic; some people get it, most are left out. The REDONNA study (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106462) began
Finding 1239 primary care clinics using license registry algorithm
Some Canadians have limited access to longitudinal primary care, despite its known advantages for population health. Current initiatives to transform
Can online training uplift opioid sparing strategies?
Opioid analgesic prescribing has been in trouble for decades in North America. Things are changing, though. Still, there’s room to adjust care,