Are we “just in time” to help the opioid crisis?

Unfortunately, enthusiasm over such interventions may eventually dwindle due to time requirements and/or prohibitive cost. [...]there is a need for a simple, cost-effective method to have a meaningful and lasting impact on opioid overprescription. [...]the use of email makes the intervention simple, widely available, and cost effective. Additionally, as recognized by the authors, the study used prescription patterns as a surrogate for opioid addition and abuse. [...]the study does not analyze at the result level, which would be to directly measure the decrease in opioid misuse, abuse and addiction among patients undergoing dialysis access procedures.