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    Trends in Opioid Prescribing Following Statewide PDMP Implementation: The Pennsylvania Experience
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    Trends in Opioid Prescribing Following Statewide PDMP Implementation: The Pennsylvania Experience

    CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF M. ILYAS, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS Pennsylvania Prescription Drug Monitoring (PDMP) data showed a 33% decrease in the...
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    Opioid Prescribing Patterns by Drug Type: The Pennsylvania Experience.
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 3 min

    Opioid Prescribing Patterns by Drug Type: The Pennsylvania Experience.

    Brock K. Bakewell, MPH Chaim Miller, BA Matthew B. Sherman, BS Asif M. Ilyas, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS: In 2016 nearly 2 million opioid...
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    A Pennsylvania PDMP Analysis: Top 5 Pennsylvania Counties 
by Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 9 min

    A Pennsylvania PDMP Analysis: Top 5 Pennsylvania Counties 
by Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths

    Ramin Talebi, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Opioid prescribing rates and prescription opioid overdose rates are trending down,...
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    Pennsylvania PDMP Analysis: Comparative Opioid Prescribing Trends in Allegheny County & Philadelphia
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 4 min

    Pennsylvania PDMP Analysis: Comparative Opioid Prescribing Trends in Allegheny County & Philadelphia

    Kimberly Townsend, M.S. Jenna Adalbert, M.P.H. Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Drug-induced deaths have increased in the last...
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    Racial Disparities in Opioid-Related Deaths Among US Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Racial Disparities in Opioid-Related Deaths Among US Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Danielle Lehman, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 80% of...
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    Naloxone Access and its Importance in Combating the Opioid Crisis
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 7 min

    Naloxone Access and its Importance in Combating the Opioid Crisis

    Mike Heller, BS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Naloxone (Narcan) is an opioid receptor antagonist that can be used to rapidly...
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    Pennsylvania Opioid Prescription Rates per County and Primary Care Provider Density
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Jul 26, 2021
    • 5 min

    Pennsylvania Opioid Prescription Rates per County and Primary Care Provider Density

    Kevin Rooney, BS, Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif M. Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS Summary Points In 2019, PA ranked 26th in state opioid prescription...
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    The State of “Pill Mills” in America
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    The State of “Pill Mills” in America

    Dominic Farronato Summary Points: A pill mill is a medical practice that inappropriately prescribes large amounts of opioid drugs without...
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    Pennsylvania PDMP: Opioid Prescription Trends by Demographics and Payers
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Jul 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Pennsylvania PDMP: Opioid Prescription Trends by Demographics and Payers

    John Waters, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Understanding patterns of prescription distribution is key...
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    Pennsylvania PDMP: Opioid Prescription Trends by Demographics and Payers
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Jul 12, 2021
    • 5 min

    Pennsylvania PDMP: Opioid Prescription Trends by Demographics and Payers

    John Waters, BS Jenna Adalbert, MPH Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS: Understanding patterns of prescription distribution is key...
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    Pain Management Strategies in Fracture Care
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Jul 5, 2021
    • 7 min

    Pain Management Strategies in Fracture Care

    Bela Delvadia, BS Surena Namdari, MD, MS Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS: Fractures represent common acute painful injuries that...
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    Orthopaedic Patient Perspectives on Medical Cannabis : A Survey of Over 2500 Patients
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • May 24, 2021
    • 3 min

    Orthopaedic Patient Perspectives on Medical Cannabis : A Survey of Over 2500 Patients

    CLAY TOWNSEND, BS ARI GREIS, DO ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Based on a recent Pew Research poll, two-thirds of American...
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    Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain Conditions
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    Medical Cannabis for Chronic Pain Conditions

    DUNCAN VAN NEST, BS ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS ARI GREIS, DO SUMMARY POINTS Medical Cannabis has been growing in utilization across the...
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    Opioid Mortality Trends in the USA and Pennsylvania
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    Opioid Mortality Trends in the USA and Pennsylvania

    Austin Saline, BA Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS The first wave of the “Opioid Epidemic” was related to prescription opioids...
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    Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs:They Are Not All Created Equal
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 5 min

    Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs:They Are Not All Created Equal

    CHAIM MILLER, BA ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS The PDMP remains the single most studied legislative action addressing the...
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    Opioid-Related Mortality – 3 Waves
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    Opioid-Related Mortality – 3 Waves

    Chaim Miller, BA Asif Ilyas, MD, MBA, FACS Takeaway Points: The CDC categorized the past 20 years of drug overdose data into 3 waves to...
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    Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Hand Surgery
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 6 min

    Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Hand Surgery

    JOSEPH LABRUM, IV, MD ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA SUMMARY POINTS Hand Surgery is a high volume surgical field with historically excessive...
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    Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Spine Surgery
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 9 min

    Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Spine Surgery

    DANIEL CALEM, BA MARK KURD, MD SUMMARY POINTS Spine surgery has historically relied on the routine use of opioids, with spine surgery...
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    Recent Opioid Prescribing Trends at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Recent Opioid Prescribing Trends at the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute

    BROCK BAKEWELL, MPH ASIF ILYAS, MD, MBA, FACS SUMMARY POINTS Rothman physicians have reduced the number of opioid prescriptions from 2015...
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    Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Sports Medicine
    Rothman Opioid Foundation
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 6 min

    Opioid-Minimizing Pain Management Strategies in Sports Medicine

    JENNA ADALBERT, BS SOMMER HAMMOUD, MD SUMMARY POINTS Orthopaedic sports medicine subspecialists perform a wide variety of anatomic...
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