A mixed-methods analysis of patient safety incidents involving opioid substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine in community-based care in England and Wales.

Russell GibsonNatalie MacLeodLiam J DonaldsonHuw WilliamsPeter HibbertGareth ParryJay BhattAziz SheikhAndrew Carson-Stevens

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2020)

Risks of harm in delivering opioid substitute treatment in England and Wales appear to arise out of failures in four processes: prescribing opioid substitution, supervised dispensing, non-supervised dispensing and monitoring and communication.

Keyphrases

patient safety
pain management
chronic pain
quality improvement
machine learning
palliative care
study protocol
clinical trial
randomized controlled trial
risk assessment
drug induced