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Key Components of a Drug Diversion Program
Although drug diversion may be considered a rare event, investigations reveal that the practice could be going undetected in facilities that do not have a proactive prevention program.
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Employee Health Programs Stepping Up on Drug Diversion
Nurses face a confluence of risk factors for addiction, including long hours, risk of injury, and access to powerful medications.
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New Report Looks at Strategies for Treating Substance Abuse
An estimated 12% of adult Medicaid beneficiaries suffer from substance abuse disorder, according to 2011 government data.
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Case Managers Can Try Nondrug Strategies to Help Patients Cope With Pain
Healthcare providers are moving away from opioid-based pain management strategies to evidence-based social, behavioral, and psychological methods of helping people cope with chronic pain.
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National Pain Strategy Makes Recommendations in Six Areas
The National Pain Strategy by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services outlines the government’s plan to reduce the chronic pain burden that affects millions of Americans and raises healthcare costs.
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Case Managers Cannot Ignore the Disease of Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is epidemic in the United States, and the medical community struggles with finding solutions that do not involve the use of opioids. Case management strategies can help by teaching patients to self-manage their pain.
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Venous Thromboembolism Risk After Abortion
Women experience a two-fold increase in risk of venous thrombosis (relative to nonpregnant women) following induced abortion, but a more than six-fold overall reduction in risk of thrombosis compared to women who continue the pregnancy to term.
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Help-seeking Behavior for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Women are more likely to seek help for pelvic floor symptoms if they have increased bother and are less likely to seek help if they perceive their symptoms as normal.
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Opportunistic Salpingectomy at the Time of Cesarean Delivery for Postpartum Permanent Contraception
In this retrospective cohort study, almost 20% of women who desired bilateral complete salpingectomy for permanent contraception at the time of cesarean delivery could not undergo the procedure because of adhesions or engorged vasculature.
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Are There Risks With Early-term Birth?
The authors of a multicenter study suggest that composite neonatal outcome is worse when pregnancy is interrupted in uncomplicated pregnancies at 37 to 38 weeks, even with documented fetal lung maturity, compared to pregnancies delivered at full term (39 to 40 weeks).