Search results for "Opioid Use Disorder"
Stigmatizing language commonly used in records of hospitalized patients with OUD
Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) were nine times as likely to have stigmatizing versus affirming language in their medical records, with 34% of stigmatizing language resulting from system-generated fields, such as dropdown categories and diagnosis codes, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/07/stigmatizing-language-commonly-used-in-records-of-hospitalized-patients-with-oud.htm
7 Aug 2024
Stigmatizing language about OUD common in hospital records, associated with less follow-up
The most common term was “abuse,” which appeared in two-thirds of hospital discharge summaries for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) who were admitted for infectious complications of injection opioid use.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/06/14/stigmatizing-language-about-oud-common-in-hospital-records-associated-with-less-follow-up.htm
14 Jun 2023