Wow North Carolina both our senators are in the top 4 for NRA contributions. Need to vote them out. Note that Ted Budd is a gun store owner with no political history (I’m serious) so he won’t change course. Vote Cheri Beasley!!!

US spends more on cancer than any other country--by far. But cancer mortality? Just below median   We're missing something (emphasis on costly Rx & not on prevention/Dx?). Let's keep this in mind at #ASCO22   Great work by Cary Gross Yale COPPER Center jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

This week, we're dispatching our Holistic Empathetic Assistance Response Teams, who are unarmed mental health professionals, to better match 911 responses to the needs of people experiencing nonviolent behavioral & mental health crises. ➡️#HEART Details: durhamnc.gov/4576

In a study published today in JAMA Oncology, CHAMPP Director Dr. Jessica Merlin and first author Katie Fitzgerald Jones MSN outline guidance for treating cancer patients who also have struggled with opioid use disorder or prescription opioid misuse. upmc.com/media/news/063…

In case the findings JAMA Oncology GeriPal - A Geriatrics & Palliative Care Podcast do not make it crystal clear that every #hapc prescribing clinician needs a DEA X waiver Bringing some more 💪 Dr. Melissa Weimer Julie Childers ZacharySagerMD (he/him) Janet Ho, MD MPH Jessica Merlin Jen Kapo Journal of Palliative Medicine liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our editorial on buprenorphine in palliative care is out! Thanks to Katie Fitzgerald Jones PhD, ACHPN,CARN-AP for getting us started. ZacharySagerMD (he/him) Dr. Melissa Weimer Jessica Merlin liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.10…

New JAMA Oncology 🗞 Front Page of AAHPM Smart Brief Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) hope you pick it up too! jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… Jessica Merlin Bob Arnold Diane E. Meier Jane Liebschutz (she/her) Christine Seel Ritchie Judith Paice Hailey Bulls, PhD Thanks for sending Richard Leiter, MD, MA ultimate brag buddy!

'I don’t want it to look like I’m a drug addict.' Qualitative interviews highlight how opioid stigma impacts advanced #cancerpain care: fal.cn/3qGTT #opioidEpidemic #JCOOP Hailey Bulls, PhD #SuppOnc #PallOnc

The US Association for the Study of Pain conference begins tomorrow! 🎉 We’ll be highlighting programming focused on pain and addiction all week. First up: Chronic cancer pain, opioid management, and substance use disorder - Wednesday 4/12 from 2-3:30pm Hailey Bulls, PhD Jessica Merlin Devon Check #usasp

A Positive Distress Screen…Now What? An Updated Call for Integrated Psychosocial Care. ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.12… ASCO APOS Journal of Clinical Oncology JCO Oncology Practice #PsychOnc #PallOnc #SuppOnc

Interested in implementation science in #precisionhealth? I will be accepting a PhD student into my lab next year. Please join us and learn more about our #PhD program in pharmaceutical outcomes and policy! #implementationscience #publichealthgenomics Future Leaders in Precision Public Health

People with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder can participate in clinical trials. Person-centered collaborative care (BRIDGE) decreases cancer care disruptions and improves anxiety and psych illness severity. ASCO Ryan Nipp, MD, MPH #ascoqlty23 MGH HPRIR Mass General Cancer Center APOS

⏹️All opioid guidelines caution long-term use in ppl w active substance use disorder. ▶️All prominent opioid guidelines exclude ppl with cancer. Assuming ppl with cancer do not have SUD or prognoses are too short to incur opioid-related harms. Both false. New @JAMA Onc paper:

Proud of this work and Katie Fitzgerald Jones PhD, ACHPN,CARN-AP for leading us!

The US healthcare system must address the intersectionality of #discrimination faced by #OlderAdults suffering from #OUD. Read ⬇️ from Drs. Benjamin Han & Katie Fitzgerald Jones PhD, ACHPN,CARN-AP about the isolation & stigma this population faces. #ThisIsGeriatrics @ucsdgeriatrics buff.ly/49QcstU

Our Lancet Psychiatry Commission on transforming mental health implementation research recommends approaches to produce actionable evidence to scale effective mental health policies, programs, and treatments and close the "implementation gap." (1/7) thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

Publication Alert📢 Check it out! "Creating a Palliative Care Clinic for Patients with Cancer Pain and Substance Use Disorder" go.osu.edu/CqHs Sachin Kale Martin D. Fried, MD The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center The Ohio State University College of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine

Epic paper Sachin Kale & Palliative Medicine @THE Ohio State University team Featured in Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM) Reflects a truly amazing #hapc program. Catalyzed by desires: -promote health equity -avoid pt discharges for opioid misuse -promote Bup use - tap into IDT work & harm redux jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-…

Excited to share the clinic we started to care for patients with cancer related pain and concurrent SUD/non-prescribed substance use! Here's our story: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38670295/