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Joseph W. Frank
Researcher at University of Colorado Denver
Publications - 41
Citations - 2080
Joseph W. Frank is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Denver. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chronic pain & Health care. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 39 publications receiving 1464 citations. Previous affiliations of Joseph W. Frank include Brown University & University of Colorado Boulder.
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Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain
Jason W. Busse,Samantha Craigie,David N. Juurlink,D. Norman Buckley,Li Wang,Rachel Couban,Thomas Agoritsas,Elie A. Akl,Alonso Carrasco-Labra,Lynn Cooper,Chris Cull,Bruno R. da Costa,Joseph W. Frank,Gus Grant,Alfonso Iorio,Navindra Persaud,Sol Stern,Peter Tugwell,Per Olav Vandvik,Gordon H. Guyatt +19 more
TL;DR: According to seven national surveys conducted between 1994 and 2008, 15%–19% of Canadian adults live with chronic noncancer pain.
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Patient Outcomes in Dose Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Therapy: A Systematic Review.
Joseph W. Frank,Travis I. Lovejoy,William C. Becker,Benjamin J. Morasco,Christopher J. Koenig,Lilian Hoffecker,Hannah R. Dischinger,Steven K. Dobscha,Erin E. Krebs +8 more
TL;DR: A multidisciplinary team of investigators with expertise in pain and opioid management developed a MEDLINE search strategy and assessed the effectiveness of strategies to reduce or discontinue LTOT prescribed for chronic pain and the effect of dose reduction or discontinuation of LTOT on important patient outcomes.
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Opioid Prescribing at Hospital Discharge Contributes to Chronic Opioid Use
Susan L. Calcaterra,Susan L. Calcaterra,Traci E. Yamashita,Sung-Joon Min,Angela Keniston,Joseph W. Frank,Ingrid A. Binswanger,Ingrid A. Binswanger +7 more
TL;DR: Opioid receipt at hospital discharge among opioid naïve patients increased future chronic opioid use and physicians should inform patients of this risk prior to prescribing opioids at discharge.
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Challenges with Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Guideline: A Consensus Panel Report
Kurt Kroenke,Daniel P. Alford,Charles Argoff,Bernard Canlas,Edward C. Covington,Joseph W. Frank,Karl J Haake,Steven R. Hanling,W. Michael Hooten,Stefan G. Kertesz,Richard L. Kravitz,Erin E. Krebs,Steven P. Stanos,Mark Sullivan +13 more
TL;DR: A multidisciplinary expert panel met to review the influence of the core recommendations of the guideline on pain management practices, principally regarding the estimated 5 to 8 million Americans with chronic pain currently on opioids, and largely supported the guideline.
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Patients' Perspectives on Tapering of Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Qualitative Study.
Joseph W. Frank,Cari Levy,Daniel D. Matlock,Daniel D. Matlock,Susan L. Calcaterra,Susan L. Calcaterra,Shane R. Mueller,Shane R. Mueller,Stephen Koester,Ingrid A. Binswanger,Ingrid A. Binswanger +10 more
TL;DR: Efforts to support opioid tapering should elicit patients' perceived barriers and seek to build on relationships with family, peers, and providers to facilitate tapering.