Ashley Hughes is lead author of new publication in Journal of the American Pharmacists’ Association

Ashley Hughes is the lead author of a brief report recently accepted to the Journal of the American Pharmacists’ Association (JAPhA). The report details the findings of a pilot study which tackles the opioid epidemic through the outpatient dental care setting.

Hughes AM, Lin E, Hussain RA, Gibson G, Jurasic MM, Hubbard CC, Poggensee LE, Evans CT, McGregor JC, Gellad WF, Suda KJ. (In press). The feasibility of academic detailing for acute oral pain management in outpatient dentistry: A pilot study. Journal of the American Pharmacist Association.

The report comes as part of a larger study funded by the VA Health Services Research and Development Merit Award (IIR-) conducted with members of the National Office of Dentistry, the Pittsburgh VA, and operational partners, on which Dr. Hughes is a Co-Investigator.