The Opioid Misuse Crisis - A Stakeholder-driven Action Plan Envisioned

Read the full report @ A Stakeholder-driven Action Plan for Improving Pain Management, Opioid Use, and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Through Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support

The Opioid Action Plan Working Group focused its efforts in 2018 t

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How to fund state MAT for inmates??

NASHP National Academy for State Health Policy 

States May Soon Have to Provide Medication-Assisted Treatment to Inmates, Here’s How to Fund It:

learn more @ https://nashp.org/states-may-soon-have-to-provide-medication-assisted-treatment-to-inmates-her

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The mission is to improve the human condition

RTI International "is an independent, nonprofit research institute dedicated to improving the human condition." Through the use of science, technology and a multi-disciplinary approach- RTI is working to address some of today's critical issues across

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A peek into opioid users' brains as they try to quit!

• A research study about reconditioning the brain, with an understanding that addiciton is a brain disease.
• Volkow's theory: "Medication-based treatment will help those damaged neural networks start getting back to normal faster than going it alone. To

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The Ripple Effect: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on Children and Families

The Ripple Effect: The Impact of the Opioid Epidemic on Children and Families

https://uhfnyc.org/media/filer_public/59/b2/59b20ad0-6acf-4980-ba9a-07ad5f565386/uhf-opioids-20190307.pdf

The United Hospital Fund, supported by the Millbank Memorial Fund, d

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Preventing Opioid Misuse in the States and Territories

Preventing Opioid Misuse in the States and Territories: A Public Health Framework for Cross-Sector Leadership

Important partnerships are being made to address the opioid epidemic and the multide of factors that come with this public health crisis. The

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