Meghan N. Breckling

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Assistant Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: University of Arkansas Medical Center (2026)

2 h-index 12 pubs 45 cited

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Biomedical Subjects

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Meghan N. Breckling's research focuses on public health interventions, particularly concerning opioid use and naloxone distribution. She has investigated strategies to reduce opioid prescribing in both surgical and emergency department settings. A significant portion of her work has explored methods for advancing naloxone prescribing and overdose education, with a specific emphasis on rural primary care settings in Arkansas. Breckling has also examined telemedicine utilization among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Her work includes a pilot study on academic detailing to advance naloxone prescribing in rural areas and qualitative insights into implementing overdose education and naloxone distribution training programs in rural pharmacies. She has also focused on enhancing naloxone reach through innovative training strategies at an academic medical center. Breckling collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Mohab Ali and Leah Tobey-Moore.

Metrics

h-index: 2
Publications: 12
Citations: 45

Positions

Assistant Professor publications 2019–2026

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy Institutional directory

Selected Publications

Bridging Knowledge and Practice: Collaborative Academic Detailing During the Opioid Crisis (2026)

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189 Implementing an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) Training-of-Trainers Program in rural pharmacies: Qualitative insights (2026)

Journal of Clinical and Translational Science DOI OpenAlex
Academic Detailing to Advance Naloxone Prescribing in Rural Primary Care: A 2-Year Pilot Study (2025)

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Evaluating the implementation and sustainment potential of a pharmacy-embedded community health worker model (2025)

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association DOI OpenAlex
Telemedicine Use Among Older Adults During COVID-19: A Narrative Literature Review of Utilization Patterns (2025)

Telemedicine Reports 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Study Protocol for Implementation of Pharmacist-Led Interventions to Increase Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder for Incarcerated Individuals (PLI-MOUD Study) (2025)

Substance Use &amp Addiction Journal DOI OpenAlex
ACADEMIC DETAILING INTERVENTION: INCREASING TRENDS OF NALOXONE PRESCRIBING IN RURAL ARKANSAS (2024)

Innovation in Aging DOI OpenAlex
IMPROVED NALOXONE PRESCRIBING IN RURAL PRIMARY CARE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC DETAILING FOR OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION (2023)

Innovation in Aging DOI OpenAlex
Opioid reduction in ambulatory thyroid and parathyroid surgery after implementing enhanced recovery after surgery protocol (2021)

Head & Neck 25 citations DOI OpenAlex
Association of the “CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain” With Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing (2019)

Journal of Emergency Medicine 18 citations DOI OpenAlex