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Small Town Strong
Directed by USC Price School alumnus Chase Millsap, the documentary “Small Town Strong” chronicles how the people of Portsmouth, Ohio, banded together to take on the deadly fentanyl epidemic through fitness. After screening the documentary, a panel discussion with the filmmakers and USC Price School faculty will discuss the themes of the opioid crisis, addiction […]
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America’s Opioid Ecosystem: How Leveraging System Interactions Can Help Curb Addiction, Overdose, and Other Harms
This study can help researchers better consider the full consequences of policy changes and help members of the media identify the dynamics of interactions that deserve more attention.
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A Clinical Pathway to Well-Being: Putting Patient Priorities at the Center of Care
Using a patient’s self-defined goals can be a powerful motivator for improving health outcomes.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 2022—Need for Integrating Dosing Benchmarks with Shared Decision-Making
A fully individualized, unstructured decision-making process
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Patients as well as providers must take responsibility in improving healthcare, but human fallibility can impede success. The Schaeffer Center fosters supportive and effective ways to improve the decision-making of all parties for healthier results.
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Why Doctors Using ChatGPT Are Unknowingly Violating HIPAA
USC Schaeffer Center senior fellow Genevieve Kanter says the risk to patient privacy posed by AI chatbots presents unique challenges.
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Is Exposure to Pharmaceutical Direct-to-Consumer Advertising for Heart Disease and Diabetes Associated with Physical Activity and Dietary Behavior?
Widespread exposure to such DTCA is associated with higher levels (though small in magnitude) of consuming alcohol, fast food, candy, and sugar-sweetened beverages.
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Health Care Privacy Risks of AI Chatbots
Ultimately, health systems facing increased risk of AI chatbot breaches must decide whether to discourage clinicians’ use of this technology or embrace it.
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Clinical Practice Guideline for Deprescribing Opioid Analgesics: Summary of Recommendations
Eleven recommendations provide advice about when, how and for whom opioid deprescribing should be considered.
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Clinician Job Satisfaction After Peer Comparison Feedback
A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial
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Comparing Doctors to Peers Doesn’t Make Them Hate Their Jobs and May Improve Quality of Care
Researchers found that behavioral interventions aimed at improving performance can be designed to protect clinician job satisfaction and improve quality of care.
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