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Experts Offer Tips for Saving Time on Electronic Medical Records

Thomas R. Collins  |  April 15, 2020

ATLANTA—“Bane of our existence” and “pajama time”—the dreaded time spent at night catching up on documentation—are a couple of phrases associated with the electronic medical record (EMR). To try to ease the frustration and limit the amount of time physicians have to spend using the systems, two experts reviewed tools and tricks for Epic and…

Filed under:EMRsMeeting ReportsTechnology Tagged with:2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

A Public Health Approach to Arthritis

Thomas R. Collins  |  March 12, 2020

ATLANTA—Rheumatic diseases have been the subject of a range of public health campaigns and reports over the past decade, but improving their visibility remains a work in progress, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expert said at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting. A growing attention to pain and the opioid crisis may help…

Filed under:AnalgesicsConditionsMeeting Reports Tagged with:2019 ACR/ARP Annual MeetingCenters for Disease Control and Preventionopioid crisisPain Managementpublic health

Increasing Opioid Dose May Not Help Chronic Pain

David Douglas  |  February 19, 2020

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—In patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, an increase in opioid dosage appears to be of no clear benefit, according to a two-year study. As Benjamin J. Morasco, PhD, tells Reuters Health by email, “When we followed patients with chronic pain, who were already prescribed long-term opioid therapy, we found patients as a…

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FDA Advisory Committees Reject Oxycodegol (NKTR-181) Application

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP  |  February 19, 2020

FDA advisory committees rejected the new drug application for oxycodegol, an opioid analgesic, due to a lack of data regarding it’s potential for abuse…

Filed under:AnalgesicsDrug Updates Tagged with:FDANKTR-181opioidoxycodegolPain ManagementU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

A Public Health Approach to Arthritis: Experts Continue to Raise Awareness of Arthritis Burden

Thomas R. Collins  |  February 12, 2020

Public health agencies have been raising the profile of arthritis…

Filed under:Professional Topics Tagged with:ArthritisburdenCDCpublic health

New Gabapentinoid Warning Labels

Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, BCGP  |  January 23, 2020

Gabapentinoid products will now carry warning labels about the risks of respiratory distress when combined with opioids and other nervous system and respiratory depressants…

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Meet the Incoming Arthritis & Rheumatology Editor in Chief, Dr. Daniel Solomon

Kelly Tyrrell  |  December 18, 2019

Daniel Solomon, MD, MPH, has practiced rheumatology for more than 20 years, all while conducting translational and clinical research and teaching young clinicians. Soon, he will also step into the role of editor in chief of Arthritis & Rheumatology, as Richard J. Bucala, MD, PhD, ends his tenure. He will assume some duties during a…

Filed under:From the CollegeResearch Rheum Tagged with:Arthritis & RheumatologyDr. Daniel Solomon

How to Address Opioid Abuse with Patients

Carina Stanton  |  December 2, 2019

More than half of regular opioid users suffer from arthritis. Here are three tips to talk to your patients about opioid use and alternative pain management…

Filed under:Drug Updates Tagged with:Opioid abuseopioid alternativesPain Managementpatient communicationphysician-patient communication

Are Opioid Contracts Helpful or Harmful?

Steven M. Harris, Esq.  |  October 18, 2019

The opioid epidemic in the U.S. has destroyed thousands of lives and torn families apart. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 130 people in the U.S. die each day from an opioid overdose. From 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 died as a result of drug overdoses. In 2017,…

Filed under:Legal Updates Tagged with:opioid contractsopioid crisisphysician patient relationship

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How to Improve Opioid Prescribing in an Outpatient Clinic

Lisa Carnago, FNP, Jenelle Hall, PharmD, & Stephanie Puryear, RMA  |  October 18, 2019

More than 72,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2017, according to the National Institutes of Health.1 The impact of the opioid epidemic has affected many levels of patient care and, as a result, healthcare systems are responding to escalating death rates, new legislation and the possibility of compromised patient safety in a multitude of…

Filed under:ConditionsPain SyndromesPractice Support Tagged with:Chronic painopioid crisisprescribing

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