BMC receives $2.67 million to reduce opioid risk in primary care settings

“Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have received a $2.67 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to implement and evaluate a new model of care in primary care settings aimed at decreasing the misuse of and addiction to opioids among patients with chronic pain. Karen Lasser, MD, MPH, and Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH, both physicians in general internal medicine at BMC and associate professors of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, will serve as principal investigators.”

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phys.org – 8/1/2012