Brief Provider Education is Associated with Decreased ED Visits by Super-utilizers.

Background: Millions of adult visits to emergency departments (EDs) each year are opioid-related, and those who visit with chronic pain are more likely to be super-utilizers (SUs) of the ED. Although SUs comprise 5% of the general population, they account for 50% of health care expenditure.

Objective: Determine whether brief provider opioid education results in decreased number of SUs and total ED visits by SUs.

Brief Provider Opioid Education Is Associated with Decreased Super-Utilization in a Rural Emergency Department.

Background: Patients who suffer chronic pain may seek the emergency department for opioids. There is no consensus on what constitutes an ED super-utilizer, so our definition is anyone who presented to the ED more than once for the same painful complaint. We sought to assess the effect of opioid guideline education for providers on super-utilizer visits for pain.

No Pain, No Thebaine: Opioids in the Emergency Department.

Background: Opioid misuse has reached epidemic levels. Forty-six people die every day in the U.S.