Introduction Clinicians and researchers have traditionally relied on treatment retention and
opioid abstinence as the primary measures of treatment success for people with opioid use …

Purpose: Primary care is an ideal setting to deliver efficacious treatments for opioid use
disorder (OUD). Primary care providers need to be aware of other concerns patients with OUD …

Loneliness is the subjective feeling people experience when they feel less socially connected
to others than they desire. Beyond the impact to mental health and well-being, loneliness …

Purpose: Opioid use disorder is a prevalent and chronic condition that can lead to adverse
outcomes if untreated. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with buprenorphine in a primary …

Opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to be a significant problem in the United States, contributing
to overdose and death. Recent efforts to expand access to treatment of OUD in primary …

Background: Missed medical appointments decrease continuity of medical care, waste
resources, and may affect health outcomes. We examined the factors associated with missed …

Objectives Due to their potentially deleterious effects, minimizing the use of opioids for
musculoskeletal pain is a priority for healthcare systems. The objective of this study was to …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the delivery of primary care in the NHS.
Consultations have largely moved from face-to-face to remote, forcing practitioners to …

Background The opioid epidemic across the US poses an array of public health concerns,
especially HCV transmission. HCV is now widely curable, yet incident rates are increasing …

Objective: The effect of specific urine drug testing (UDT) results on physician prescribing
habits has not been well described. The primary objective was to report renewal rates of …