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Research spotlight

Can telehealth help patients stick with Buprenorphine for opioid addiction?

A clinical trial led by our researchers aims to improve the long-term use of buprenorphine, a critical medication for treating patients with opioid use disorder. The new study focuses on patients prescribed buprenorphine in emergency departments, where there is a need for effective follow-up care.

The $6.4 million study is funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). It will explore the efficacy of telehealth compared to in-person follow-up appointments. The project is designed to address barriers that many patients face, including low income, lack of transportation and social instability.

A nurse in an emergency department holds a phone in one hand and a clipboard in the other hand.
  • November 1, 2024

    UC Davis convenes experts to seek solutions to national primary care crisis

    The UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research hosted a who’s who of state and national thought leaders and physicians eager to improve the declining state of primary care.

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  • November 1, 2024

    Researchers evaluate program to treat opioid addiction

    Researchers at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research received an award to help address the opioid overdose crisis by assessing a unique emergency department service. The $1.05 million, 3-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will support an evaluation of CA Bridge, an initiative to expand medication for addiction treatment in emergency departments.   

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  • October 15, 2024

    UC Davis School of Medicine faculty host summit on revitalizing primary care

    The Center for Healthcare Policy and Research will co-host a summit of national leaders seeking to optimize investment in primary care to re-center relationships and enhance health in the U.S.

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  • October 2, 2024

    UC Davis advances treatment of heart failure through ‘whole health’ program

    Researchers have received a grant from the Rosenfeld Foundation to support a “whole health” approach to improve the health and well-being of heart failure patients. The grant builds on a recent Center for Healthcare Policy and Research pilot project.

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  • October 1, 2024

    Can telehealth help patients stick with Buprenorphine for opioid addiction?

    A Center for Healthcare Policy and Research study focused on patients prescribed buprenorphine in emergency departments explores the effectiveness of telehealth visits in boosting long-term use of the medication for treating opioid addiction.

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  • September 25, 2024

    How does transportation impact dialysis patient outcomes?

    Led by family medicine physician Na’amah Razon, researchers are conducting a study to better understand the impact transportation and different modes of transportation have on dialysis patient outcomes.

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  • September 3, 2024

    Women leading the way in healthcare research

    September marks Women in Medicine Month, an annual event celebrating the significant contributions of women in the healthcare field. In honor of this occasion, we spotlight three exceptional women working with the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.

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  • August 22, 2024

    Do workplace support programs help address frontline physician burnout?

    A study by the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research explored workplace support programs during the COVID-19 pandemic and their relationship to frontline physician burnout.

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  • August 12, 2024

    UC Davis nursing professor awarded $1.25 million training grant

    UC Davis received a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to focus on health equity. Courtney Lyles, director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, is a co-principal investigator on the grant with Center affiliate and nursing professor Leigh Ann Simmons.

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  • August 1, 2024

    Research insights from a statistician working on mental health

    Yi Zhang, a senior statistician at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, is working to collect and analyze data from multiple California counties as part of the EPI-CAL project. The project's goal is to transform mental health care in California.

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  • July 1, 2024

    Hypertension studies seek to advance digital health equity

    Two studies are being conducted by researchers at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research to advance equity and improve access to hypertension treatment. Both studies are in partnership with UC San Francisco.

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  • June 28, 2024

    New guidance calls for all women to get mammograms starting at age 40

    New guidance recommends all women get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40. The recommendation issued by the United States Preventive Services Task Force comes alongside a new systematic evidence review and modeling study published in JAMA that helped inform the updated recommendations. 

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