As health care providers push to reduce low-value care, they should put more emphasis on assessing unintended consequences, listening to patients and providers, and measuring outcomes, a U-M-led review finds.

Most of those overdosing haven’t received prescription opioids recently, suggesting a need for more opioid use disorder screening and treatment.

Targeting fluoroquinolone prescribing in hospitals is effective, a 48-hospital study shows, but many patients still get discharge prescriptions for them.

1 in 7 privately insured children and non-elderly adults among study cohort received antibiotics for cases that were not medically justified, new research finds.

First large study of surgical opioid prescribing and patient usage shows the potential for reduced amounts and the importance of safe disposal of unused pills

Putting patients on aspirin following a knee replacement is a safe, cost-effective alternative to high-priced anticoagulants, U-M researchers find.

Benzodiazepine prescribing is most intense in the South and in economically disadvantaged counties. It’s also a more common among older male primary care physicians.

Expedited partner therapy is a federally recommended treatment approach for STDs but several barriers prevent antibiotics from being administered quickly. Learn more.

Benzodiazepines pose special risks to older adults. New research finds many of those who start taking them aren’t stopping.

Learn from an expert in pain medication what new requirements really means for health care providers.

Missing a dose of your daily meds might not seem like a big deal, but it can have real consequences. A Michigan Medicine nurse shares strategies to stay on track.

A new study finds that steps to reduce prescriptions of a class of drugs that poses special hazard for older people are working. But many at-risk patients still receive them.

In a new study, 1 in 20 privately insured children were prescribed codeine after common surgeries, despite the FDA warning on significant safety risks.

Using the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) approach, primary care doctors and teams can help patients with opioid addiction, how to prevent it.

A free guide to opioid prescribing recommendations for surgery created by surgeons to address post surgery pain medications and opioids.