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26-page Special Section
DRUG AND ALCOHOL DISORDERS AND TREATMENT
David C. Lewis, MD
Guest Editor

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Drug Overdose, Addiction and Binge Drinking: Medical Problems with Public Health Consequences
DAVID C. LEWIS, MD

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Medications for Addiction Treatment: An Opportunity for Prescribing Clinicians to Facilitate Remission from Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders
TAE WOO PARK, MD; PETER D. FRIEDMANN, MD, MPH, FASAM, FACP

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Long-term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain and the Risk of Opioid Addiction
HARRISON J. BURGESS, AFREEN SIDDIQUI, MD;
FREDERICK W. BURGESS, MD, PhD

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Responding to Opioid Overdose in Rhode Island: Where the Medical Community Has Gone and Where
We Need to Go
TRACI C. GREEN, PhD, MSC; JEF BRATBERG, PharmD;
EMILY F. DAURIA, PhD, MPH; JOSIAH D. RICH, MD, MPH

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The Rhode Island Community Responds to Opioid
Overdose Deaths
SARAH BOWMAN, MPH; ARIEL ENGELMAN, NRP, CPP-C;
JENNIFER KOZIOL, MPH; LINDA MAHONEY, CDCS, LCDP LL; CHRISTOPHER MAXWELL, PharmD; MICHELLE MCKENZIE, MPH

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Emergency Department Naloxone Distribution: A Rhode Island Department of Health, Recovery Community, and Emergency Department Partnership to Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths
ELIZABETH SAMUELS, MD, MPH

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Response of Colleges to Risky Drinking College Students
NADINE R. MASTROLEO, PhD; DIANE E. LOGAN, PhD

CONTRIBUTIONS

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Prospective Analysis of a Novel Orthopedic Residency Advocacy Education Program
Alan H. Daniels, MD; Jason T. Bariteau, MD; Zachary Grabel, BS; Christopher W. DiGIOVANNIi, MD

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Primary Spine Care Services: Responding to Runaway Costs and Disappointing Outcomes in Spine Care
Donald R. Murphy, DC

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An Evaluation of Career Paths Among 30 Years of General Internal Medicine/Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Graduates
Dan Chen, MD; Steven Reinert, MS; Carol Landau, PhD; Kelly McGarry, MD

NEW – VIDEOS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE

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Patients with PD describe hallucinations in new video with Dr. Friedman
MARY KORR

PUBLIC HEALTH

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HEALTH BY NUMBERS: HIT Implementation by Rhode Island Physicians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physician Assistants, 2014
Emily Cooper, MPH; Rosa Baier, MPH; Blake Morphis; Samara Viner-Brown, MS; Rebekah Gardner, MD

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HEALTH BY NUMBERS: Influenza Vaccination Coverage among Healthcare Workers during the 2013–14 Influenza Season in Rhode Island
Hyun (Hanna) Kim, PhD; Patricia Raymond, RN, MPH; Tricia Washburn, BS; Denise Cappelli, AS

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Professional Responsibilities for Treatment of Patients with Ebola: Can a Healthcare Provider Refuse To Treat a Patient with Ebola?
Linda Twardowski, MEd, BSN, RN; Twila McInnis, RN, MS, MPA; Carleton C. Cappuccino, DMD; James McDonald, MD, MPH; Jason Rhodes, MPA, EMT-C

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Vital Statistics
Colleen A. Fontana, State Registrar