References for Summer Worcester Medicine 2024

The importance of using OPCs as a harm reduction tool in Massachusetts by Matilde Castiel, MD, Commissioner of Worcester Department of Health & Human Services

References:

[1].  Gibson, B., See, K., Vargas Estrella , B., & Rivera, S. (2023, December 12). A baseline report on the operation of the first recognized Overdose Prevention Centers in the United States 2023. OnPoint NYC. https://onpointnyc.org/baseline-annual-report-2023/

[2].  Foreman-Mackey A, Bayoumi AM, Miskovic M, Kolla G, Strike C. ‘It’s our safe sanctuary’: Experiences of using an unsanctioned overdose prevention site in Toronto, Ontario. Int J Drug Policy. 2019;73:135-140. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.09.019; Boyd J. “Bed Bugs and Beyond”: An ethnographic analysis of North America’s first women-only supervised drug consumption site. Int J Drug Policy. 2020;78:102733. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102733; Kennedy MC, Boyd J, Mayer S, Collins A, Kerr T, McNeil R. Peer worker involvement in low-threshold supervised consumption facilities in the context of an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada. Soc Sci Med 1982. 2019;225:60-68. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.02.014

[3]. Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health (2023, December). Current Overdose Data. https://www.mass.gov/lists/current-overdose-data

[4]. Preliminary Worcester Police Data (2023)

[5]. Number of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths, All Intents by County, MA Residents: 2012-2022. mass.gov. (2023b, December). https://www.mass.gov/doc/opioid-related-overdose-deaths-among-ma-residents-december-2023/download ; Massachusetts Department of Public Health . (2023, December). Number of opioid-related overdose deaths, all intents by City/Town 2015-2022. mass.gov. https://www.mass.gov/doc/opioid-related-overdose-deaths-by-city-town-june-2022/download

[6]. Massachusetts Department of Public Health . (2023, December). Number of opioid-related overdose deaths, all intents by City/Town 2015-2022. mass.gov.

https://www.mass.gov/doc/opioid-related-overdose-deaths-by-city-town-june-2022/download

[7]. Massachusetts Department of Public Health . (2023, December). Overdose Prevention Center Feasibility Report. Mass.gov. https://www.mass.gov/lists/overdose-prevention-reports

Hospital At Home: Innovation in Delivery of Home-Based Care by Shiv Sutaria, MD

References:

  1. Bruce, Giles. Becker’s Health IT. Inside the top 8 hospital-at-home programs. Published December 7, 2023. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/innovation/inside-the-top-8-hospital-at-home-programs.html?oly_enc_id=6110E9444178D8A

Will the Inflation Reduction Act deflate drug prices? By Dinesh Yogaratnam, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP; Valerie Coppenrath, PharmD; Zamir Latif, PharmD; and Joseph Sidoti, PharmD

References:

  1. Congressional Budget Office. Prescription Drugs: spending, use, and prices. Accessed March 25, 2024. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57050
  2. Bosworth, Sheingold, et al. “Changes in the List Prices of Prescription Drugs, 2017-2023.” ASPE. Published October 6, 2023. https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/changes-list-prices-prescription-drugs.
  3. Kesselheim AS, Avorn J, & Sarpatwari A. The high cost of prescription drugs in the United States: Origins and prospects for reform. JAMA. 2016;316(8):858-871. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.11237
  4. Cubanski, Juliette, et al. “Explaining the Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act.” KFF 2023. Accessed April 1, 2024. www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/explaining-the-prescription-drug-provisions-in-the-inflation-reduction-act/#bullet06.
  5. Hwang TJ, Kesselheim AS, and Rome BN. New reforms to prescription drug pricing in the US. Opportunities and challenges. JAMA 2022;328(11):1041-1042.doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.15268.
  6. Devine JW, Lim D, Lugo A, Farley JF. Prevalence and patterns of catastrophic spending for antidiabetic medication in 2020 J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2023 Oct;29(10):1158-1164. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2023.29.10.1158.
  7. Dafny LS. Falling insulin prices — what just happened? NEJM.2023;388(18):1636-1639. doi:10.1056/nejmp2303279
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  9. Matthew Vogel. Will medicare price negotiation delay cancer-drug launches? NEJM. Accessed April 4, 2024. CHECK https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37819215/.
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Safe Staffing Saves Lives: A Call to Action by William Mar, RN, Ph.D. Student and Ellen Burgess, RN, DNP Student

References:

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Aiken, L. H., Clarke, S. P., Sloane, D. M., Sochalski, J., & Silber, J. H. (2002). Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. JAMA, 288(16), 1987–1993. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.16.1987

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Bullet by Prem Patel

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  2. McCrann, Takako. (2023). Essay Shame, Honor, and Duty.
  3. Nyblade L, Stockton M, Travasso S, Krishnan S. A qualitative exploration of cervical and breast cancer stigma in Karnataka, India. BMC Womens Health. 2017 Aug 2;17(1):58. doi: 10.1186/s12905-017-0407-x. PMID: 28768506; PMCID: PMC5541646.
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