Meghan Breckling Institution Verified

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Assistant Professor

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

faculty

mnbreckling@uams.edu

2 h-index 9 pubs 36 cited

Research Areas

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Health Policy Implementation Science Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Primary Care and Health Outcomes Health Literacy and Information Accessibility Anesthesia and Pain Management Health and Medical Research Impacts

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Meghan Breckling's research focuses on improving health outcomes and access to care, particularly within Arkansas. Her work has investigated strategies to reduce opioid use in surgical settings, such as implementing enhanced recovery protocols. Breckling has also led efforts to expand access to naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication, through innovative training programs and academic detailing initiatives, with a specific focus on rural primary care settings. Her research extends to evaluating the effectiveness of pharmacy-embedded community health worker models and exploring the implementation of pharmacist-led interventions to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder among incarcerated individuals. Additionally, she has conducted a narrative literature review on telemedicine utilization among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breckling collaborates with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She has published 9 papers, with an h-index of 2 and 36 citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 2
  • Publications: 9
  • Citations: 36

Selected Publications

  • Academic Detailing to Advance Naloxone Prescribing in Rural Primary Care: A 2-Year Pilot Study (2025) DOI
  • Evaluating the implementation and sustainment potential of a pharmacy-embedded community health worker model (2025) DOI
  • Study Protocol for Implementation of Pharmacist-Led Interventions to Increase Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder for Incarcerated Individuals (PLI-MOUD Study) (2025) DOI
  • ACADEMIC DETAILING INTERVENTION: INCREASING TRENDS OF NALOXONE PRESCRIBING IN RURAL ARKANSAS (2024) DOI
  • IMPROVED NALOXONE PRESCRIBING IN RURAL PRIMARY CARE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC DETAILING FOR OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION (2023) DOI
  • Opioid reduction in ambulatory thyroid and parathyroid surgery after implementing enhanced recovery after surgery protocol (2021) DOI

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Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Robin McAtee University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 2 shared publications Tyler Merrill University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1 shared publication Gray M. Orman University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Mauricio A. Moreno University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Emre Vural University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Riley C. Lide University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Blake Hollowoa University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication Riley C. Lide University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 1 shared publication

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