Research and Evaluation

In September 2019, Denver Health published a novel approach to evaluating opioid addiction care based on the HIV cascade of care. The Center for Addiction Medicine is revising the methods and utilizing an updated continuum of opioid addiction care to evaluate our hub-and-spoke model of care.

Continuum of Opioid Addiction Care in Denver Health 2017

Substance-Related Peer-Reviewed Publications

The goal of the Center for Addiction Medicine’s Knowledge Management Workgroup is to enhance information systems to systematically improve processes, generate new knowledge, and drive organizational outcomes. A total of 12 Denver Health substance-related manuscripts or reports were published in 2021. Publications listed were submitted to the Office of Research or the Center for Addiction Medicine by authors.

2019

2020

2021

  • Arifkhanova, A., McCormick Kraus, E., Al-Tayyib, A., Taub, J., Encinias, A., McEwen, D., Davidson, A., & Shlay, J. C. (2021). Estimating costs of hospitalizations associated with opioid use disorder or opioid misuse at a large, urban safety-net hospital-Denver, Colorado, 2017. Drug and alcohol dependence, 218, 108306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108306
  • Calcaterra, S. L., Butler, M., Olson, K., & Blum, J. (2021). The Impact of a PDMP-EHR Data Integration Combined With Clinical Decision Support on Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Across Clinicians in a Metropolitan Area. Journal of addiction medicine, 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000905. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000905
  • Calcaterra, S. L., Lou, Y., Everhart, R. M., Fish, L. E., & Hanratty, R. (2021). Association Between In-Clinic Opioid Administration and Discharge Opioid Prescription in Urgent Care: a Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of general internal medicine, 36(1), 43–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06059-8
  • Kilwein, T. M., Brown, S., Gaffaney, M., & Farrar, J. (2021). Bridging the Gap: Can Group Interventions Assist Addiction Consult Services in Providing Integrated, Comprehensive Healthcare for Patients Hospitalized for Opioid-Related Infections?. Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings, 28(2), 262–266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-020-09712-w
  • Kinghorn, W. A., & Nussbaum, A. M. (2021). Prescribing together: A relational guide to psychopharmacology. American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
  • Mueller, S. R., Glanz, J. M., Nguyen, A. P., Stowell, M., Koester, S., Rinehart, D. J., & Binswanger, I. A. (2021). Restrictive opioid prescribing policies and evolving risk environments: A qualitative study of the perspectives of patients who experienced an accidental opioid overdose. The International journal on drug policy, 92, 103077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.103077
  • Rinehart, D. J., Stowell, M., Collings, A., Durfee, M. J., Thomas-Gale, T., Jones, H. E., & Binswanger, I. (2021). Increasing access to family planning services among women receiving medications for opioid use disorder: A pilot randomized trial examining a peer-led navigation intervention. Journal of substance abuse treatment, 126, 108318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108318
  • Schimmel, J., Amioka, E., Rockhill, K., Haynes, C. M., Black, J. C., Dart, R. C., & Iwanicki, J. L. (2021). Prevalence and description of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) use in the United States: a cross-sectional study. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 116(1), 176–181. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.15082
  • Simpson, S. A., Hordes, M., Blum, J., Rinehart, D., & Al-Tayyib, A. (2021). Barriers to Engagement in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment After Buprenorphine Induction. Journal of addiction medicine, 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000943. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000943
  • Simpson, S., Shy, B., & Loh, R. (2021). More than suicide: mortality after emergency psychiatric care and implications for practice. Journal of the academy of consultation-liaison psychiatry.
  • Simpson, S., & Taub, J. (2021). Chapter 6: Co-occurring Substance-Use Disorder in the Emergency Department. In L. Zun, K. Nordstrom, & M. Wilson (Eds.), Behavioral Emergencies for Healthcare Providers (2nd ed., pp. 77–88). Springer International Publishing.
  • Toseef, M. U., Armistead, I., Bacon, E., Hawkins, E., Bender, B., Podewils, L. J., & Hurley, H. (2021). Missed appointments during COVID-19: The impact of telehealth for persons experiencing homelessness with substance use disorders. Asian journal of psychiatry, 69, 102987. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102987

2022

  • Binswanger, I. A., Rinehart, D., Mueller, S. R., Narwaney, K. J., Stowell, M., Wagner, N., Xu, S., Hanratty, R., Blum, J., McVaney, K., & Glanz, J. M. (2022). Naloxone Co-Dispensing with Opioids: A Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial. Journal of general internal medicine, 10.1007/s11606-021-07356-6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07356-6
  • Audett, A., Choo, E., Trent, S., Nishijima, D., Hendrickson, R. G., Eichelberger, A., Brasel, K., Ye, Y., & Cherpitel, C. (2022). Increased Identification of Cannabis Users Drivers Involved in Motor Vehicle Collisions Using an Expanded Cannabis Inventory. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 10.1111/acem.14597. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.14597
  • Li, X., Sullivan, P., Broz, D., Handanagic, S., & NHBS Study Group (2022). Association Between Dual Partnership and Sexual and Injecting Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs in 23 US Cities, 2018. Archives of sexual behavior, 51(5), 2667–2678. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02323-6
  • Rushmore, J., Buchacz, K., Broz, D., Agnew-Brune, C. B., Jones, M., Cha, S., & NHBS Study Group (2022). Factors Associated with Exchange Sex Among Cisgender Persons Who Inject Drugs: Women and MSM-23 U.S. Cities, 2018. AIDS and behavior, 10.1007/s10461-022-03743-0. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03743-0
  • Stowell, M. A., Thomas-Gale, T., Jones, H. E., Binswanger, I., & Rinehart, D. J. (2022). Perspectives among women receiving medications for opioid use disorder: Implications for development of a peer navigation intervention to improve access to family planning services. Substance abuse, 43(1), 722–732. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2021.2007514
  • Toseef, M. U., Armistead, I., Bacon, E., Hawkins, E., Bender, B., Podewils, L. J., & Hurley, H. (2022). Missed appointments during COVID-19: The impact of telehealth for persons experiencing homelessness with substance use disorders. Asian journal of psychiatryTerasaki D. (2022). Cardiovascular medications on discharge for patients with chest pain and concurrent cocaine use. The American journal of emergency medicine, S0735-6757(22)00146-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2022.02.060
  • Black, J. C., Rockhill, K. M., Dart, R. C., & Iwanicki, J. (2022). Clustering patterns in polysubstance mortality in the United States in 2017: a multiple correspondence analysis of death certificate data. Annals of epidemiology, S1047- 2797(22)00045-X. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.03.011
  • Thurstone, C., Loh, R., Piatz, C., & Simpson, S. A. (2022). Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis Correlates with Hospitalization After an Emergency Department Visit. Pediatric emergency care, 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002838. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/PEC.0000000000002838
  • Binswanger, I. A., Rinehart, D., Mueller, S. R., Narwaney, K. J., Stowell, M., Wagner, N., Xu, S., Hanratty, R., Blum, J., McVaney, K., & Glanz, J. M. (2022). Naloxone Co-Dispensing with Opioids: a Cluster Randomized Pragmatic Trial. Journal of general internal medicine, 37(11), 2624–2633. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07356-6
  • Arifkhanova, A., Prieto, J. T., Davidson, A. J., Al-Tayyib, A., Hawkins, E., Kraus, E., McEwen, D., Podewils, L. J., Foldy, S., Gillespie, E., Taub, J., & Shlay, J. C. (2022). Defining Opioid-related Problems Using a Health Care Safety Net Institution's Inpatient Electronic Health Records: Limitations of Diagnosis-based Definitions. Journal of addiction medicine, 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001041. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000001041
  • Terasaki, D., & Brady, J. (2022). Severe, Nondelirium Agitation as an Underreported Characteristic of Precipitated Fentanyl Withdrawal: A Case Report. Journal of addiction medicine, 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001017. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000001017
  • Simpson, S. A., Wolf, C., Loh, R. M., Camfield, K., & Rylander, M. (2022). Evaluation of the BEAT Meth Intervention for Emergency Department Patients with Methamphetamine Psychosis. Journal of addiction medicine, 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001037. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000001037
  • Rinehart, D. J., Stowell, M., Barrett, K., Langland, K., Thomas-Gale, T., Al-Tayyib, A., & O'Connell, R. (2022). Exploring Family Planning Perspectives Among Men Receiving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: Implications for Service Development. Journal of addiction medicine, 10.1097/ADM.0000000000001012. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000001012
  • Simpson, S. A., Hordes, M., Blum, J., Rinehart, D., & Al-Tayyib, A. (2022). Barriers to Engagement in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment After Buprenorphine Induction. Journal of addiction medicine, 16(4), 479–482. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000943
  • Mutter, R., Black, J., & Iwanicki, J. (2022). Changes in the Street Prices of Prescription Opioids During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), appips202100689. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100689
  • Calcaterra, S. L., Butler, M., Olson, K., & Blum, J. (2022). The Impact of a PDMP-EHR Data Integration Combined With Clinical Decision Support on Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Across Clinicians in a Metropolitan Area. Journal of addiction medicine, 16(3), 324–332. https://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000905
  • Toseef, M. U., Armistead, I., Bacon, E., Hawkins, E., Bender, B., Podewils, L. J., & Hurley, H. (2022). Missed appointments during COVID-19: The impact of telehealth for persons experiencing homelessness with substance use disorders. Asian journal of psychiatry, 69, 102987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102987
  • Stowell, M. A., Thomas-Gale, T., Jones, H. E., Binswanger, I., & Rinehart, D. J. (2022). Perspectives among women receiving medications for opioid use disorder: Implications for development of a peer navigation intervention to improve access to family planning services. Substance abuse, 43(1), 722–732. https://doi.org/10.1080/08897077.2021.2007514