Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc

Family Medicine doctor + community health researcher. Committed to patient care and improving health systems.

[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

Women aged 25 to 34 years comprised a rising proportion of this burden. https://t.co/1NzL1xukx5

[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

Finally in "print" - our paper on years of life lost (YLL) to drug overdose among Black women. Over the 7-year study period (2015-2021), preventable overdose deaths among Black female individuals resulted in nearly 0.75 million YLL.

[Deanna Wilson @DrDeannaWilson]

Our new study adds to the body of work done by @honoraenglander, @zoeweinstein, @drsarahwakemen @DrMelissaWeimer showing #addiction medicine consult services are important tools to improve the health of people with substance use disorders. AMCS teams are #lifesavinginterventions

[Penn LDI @PennLDI]

A Senate bill would establish a federal excise tax on prescription opioids and use block-grants to distribute revenue to expand access to treatment.

In @JAMAHealthForum, @ArdenHarrisMD, @DSMandell & Robert Gross say that's unworkable in its current form.
https://t.co/SnZ2LKGNhX

[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

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[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

Five states (Delaware, Main, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island) have enacted opioid taxes or fee, and Congress is considering a national opioid tax, SB 1723, to help fund treatment programs. But there are serious problems with the bill. Our viewpoint in JAMA Health Forum.

[Penn LDI @PennLDI]

Check out this new study from LDI Fellows @m_lowenstein, @kit_delgadoMD, and @JMPerroneMD.⤵️

[NIDAnews @NIDAnews]

“The magnitude of the drug overdose crisis demands out-of-the-box thinking & willingness to jettison old, unhelpful, and unsupported assumptions about what treatment & recovery need to look like,” @NIDAnews Director Dr. Nora Volkow writes in @Health_Affairs Forefront. 🧵[1/2]

[Penn LDI @PennLDI]

In a @PhillyInquirer op-ed, LDI Fellows Rebecca Arden Harris, @rachel_e_french, @shoshiaronowitz, & @DSMandell call on Pennsylvania to stop treating overdose deaths as homicides through a criminal charge called 'drug delivery resulting in death'.
https://t.co/RBBod2GrET

[Maggie Lowenstein @m_lowenstein]

Big week for our team with another study out in @annalsofem. This one describes the impact of several years of work from many people in @pennmedicine EDs to increase evidence-based treatment for patients with opioid use disorder
https://t.co/aSiRwUkwd3

[Rachel French, PhD, RN @rachel_e_french]

Check out this great op-ed from friend and colleague @shoshiaronowitz. Important messaging around the overdose crisis. Media take note! @PennLDI @PennNursing https://t.co/xyNcGHuqnQ

[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

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[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

@nejmcatalyst report on redesigning OUD screening & tx in ED by my colleagues @ Penn. @m_lowenstein et al., used participatory design process to develop nurse-driven protocol w OUD screening in ED triage coupled w automated prompts to providers to perform OUD assessment & tx

[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

@nejmcatalyst report on redesigning OUD screening & tx in ED by my colleagues @ Penn. @m_lowenstein et al., used participatory design process to develop nurse-driven protocol w OUD screening in ED triage coupled with automated prompts to providers to perform OUD assessment & tx

[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

NY City opens first legal supervised injection sites in the U.S. During the first day of operation at the two Manhattan facilities, staff reversed two overdoses! https://t.co/FlQHf2jW0X

[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

Let’s make sure the settlement money goes into opioid prevention and treatment (and doesn’t disappear into Pennsylvania’s General Fund to cover ordinary expenditures). https://t.co/TgQ4Uib3Yo

[Rebecca Arden Harris, MD MSc @ArdenHarrisMD]

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