"The coronavirus pandemic is, unfortunately, expected to worsen the opioid overdose crisis," says Barbara Andraka-Christou, an assistant professor of health management and informatics at the University of Central Florida.
"Many individuals are experie
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), there were 5,377 fatal drug overdoses in Pennsylvania in 2017;In 2018, the last year complete data was made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 67,000 people died
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"We agree with stakeholders that PDMPs are still maturing in their development and use," reads the CMS' proposed rule. "We believe that additional tim
The misuse of opioids has become a national public health emergency, as the number of overdoses and deaths have steadily increased. AIR’s Center for Addiction Research and Effective Solutions (AIR CARES) works to expand a
