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Systematic review: treatment agreements and urine drug testing to reduce opioid misuse in patients with chronic pain. |
Starrels JL, Becker WC, Alford DP, Kapoor A, Williams AR, Turner BJ. |
Treatment Agreements and Urine Drug Testing to Reduce Opioid Misuse in Patients with Chronic Pain Background: Strategies to reduce opioid misuse include written treatment agreements and urine drug ... |
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Can this patient read and understand written health information? |
Powers BJ, Trinh JV, Bosworth HB. |
Identifying Patients with Limited Literacy Background: An estimated 90 million US adults (22% of the population) may lack theliteracy skills needed to effectively function in today's healthcare env... |
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When "don't worry" communicates fear: children's perceptions of parental reassurance and distraction during a painful medical procedure. |
McMurtry CM, Chambers CT, McGrath PJ, Asp E. |
Children's Perceptions of Parental Reassurance During Painful Medical Procedures Background: Counterintuitively, adult reassurance (eg, "Don't worry") is associated with increased pediatric p... |
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An Internet-based communication network for information transfer during patient transitions from skilled nursing facility to the emergency department. |
Hustey FM, Palmer RM. |
An Internet-Based Communication Network for Patient Transitions Background: One quarter of skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents are transferred to emergency departments (EDs) every ye... |
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