Clinical Practice Guidelines for Opioid Therapy

Department of Veterans Affairs

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- Department of Veterans Affairs. (2017). VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Defense, 7-14.

Update
Facilitating Overdose Risk Mitigation Among
Patients Following a Clinician Office Closure:
A Connecticut Case Study of the Opioid Rapid Response Program

- Rubel, S. K., Neubert, P., Navarretta, N., & Logan, S. (2022). Facilitating Overdose Risk Mitigation Among Patients Following a Clinician Office Closure: A Connecticut Case Study of the Opioid Rapid Response Program. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP, 28(Suppl 6), S381–S387. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000001555

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Hirsh, A. T., Anastas, T. M., Miller, M. M., Quinn, P. D., & Kroenke, K. (2020). Patient race and opioid misuse history influence provider risk perceptions for future opioid-related problems. American Psychologist, 75(6), 784–795.

Oliva, E. M., Bowe, T., Tavakoli, S., Martins, S., Lewis, E. T., Paik, M., Wiechers, I., Henderson, P., Harvey, M., Avoundjian, T., Medhanie, A., & Trafton, J. A. (2017). Development and applications of the Veterans Health Administration’s Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) to improve opioid safety and prevent overdose and suicide. Psychological Services, 14(1), 34–49.

Prince, M. A., Conner, B. T., Davis, S. R., Swaim, R. C., & Stanley, L. R. (2021). Risk and protective factors of current opioid use among youth living on or near American Indian reservations: An application of machine learning. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 7(2), 130–140.

Online Continuing Education QUESTION 17
What are the Risk Mitigation Strategies upon initation of long-term opioid therapy? To select and enter your answer go to CEU Test.