Mitigating the opioid epidemic in the United States – strategies and challenges during COVID-19

Guest Editors: A Simon Pickard, Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Todd A Lee, Department of Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes, and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Drugs in Context present a series of papers that describe and evaluate programs that seek to improve the care and management of patients with opioid-related substance use disorder.

List of articles

Combating the opioid epidemic in the United States

A Simon Pickard, Todd A Lee

The evolution of the overdose epidemic and CDC’s research response: a commentary

Kristin M Holland, Lara DePadilla, Derrick W Gervin, Erin M Parker, Marcienne Wright

Academic detailing interventions for opioid-related outcomes: a scoping review

Victoria Kulbokas, Kent A Hanson, Mary H Smart, Monika Rao Mandava, Todd A Lee, A Simon Pickard

COVID-19-related adaptations to the implementation and evaluation of a clinic-based intervention designed to improve opioid safety

Anna R Morgan, Michelle A Hendricks, Sanae El Ibrahimi, Sara E Hallvik, Brigit Hatch, Caitlin Dickinson, Dagan Wright, Michael A Fischer

SAFE – Home Opioid Management Education (SAFE-HOME) in older adults: a naloxone awareness program for home health workers

Brianna M McQuade, Mike Koronkowski, Erin Emery-Tiburcio, Robyn Golden, Jennie B Jarrett

Evaluating the effectiveness of problem-solving courts at preventing fatal and non-fatal opioid events: preliminary findings from Indiana

Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Alyssa Johnston, Steven M Albert, Andre L Brown, Jeanine M Buchanich, Brad Ray, Mark S Roberts

Development of a measure of prescriber satisfaction with academic detailing: the PSAD

Andrea L Monteiro, Mary Smart, Christopher D Saffore, Todd A Lee, Sarette T Tilton, Michael A Fischer, A Simon Pickard