ODMAP offers the ability to collect both suspected fatal and non-fatal overdoses, in real time, across jurisdictions, to mobilize a cohesive and collaborative response.
This software may change the game when it comes to outreach and prevention. ODMAP
Read more…John N. Kapoor, a former billionaire who founded opioid maker Insys Therapeutics Inc., was sentenced to 5½ years in prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy to illegally boost sales of his company’s prescription fentanyl drug.
Read more…The Full Cost of the Opioid Crisis
In 2017, CEA published a report that measured the full cost of the opioid crisis by considering the value of lost lives, as well as increases in healthcare and substance abuse treatment costs, increases in criminal j
Read more…State CDO Network Summit Wraps Up
The newly launched State Chief Data Officers Network met for the first time this week in Washington, D.C.
Topics discussed included CDO being enablers for using data and how states can work collectively to advance work
Read more…Speaking during a policy update during the CHIME Fall CIO Forum, Leslie Krigstein, vice president of congressional affai
Read more…With inequity in healthcare and economics creating numerous societal challenges, we can no longer wait to address the imbalance and provide innovative solutions to healthcare providers
https://www.theneweconomy.com/technology/tackling-the-social-deter
Read more…November 08, 2019 - Fourteen of the nation’s leading hospitals and health systems will be investing a collective $700 million to address community health needs and the social determinants of health in their respective regions, according to a statemen
Read more…The first implant recipient is Gerod Buckhalter, a 33-year-old man with more than a decade of opioid and benzodiazepine use and a history
Read more…https://oshpd.ca.gov/visualizations/prescription-drug-wholesale-acquisition-cost-increases/
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) has released to the public the nation’s first mandatory reporting of information related to inc
Read more…Homeless people in California convicted of drug crimes or charges such as indecent exposure or
Read more…https://khn.org/news/use-of-buprenorphine-to-treat-opioid-addiction-proliferates-in-california/
California and others are expanding MAT for the treatment of OUD, although contriversial in some parts of the county it is showing some impact.
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Read more…Ohio has announced this year’s prize recipients for its Opioid Technology Challenge, an event that calls on companies, scientists, health-care institutions and concerned citizens to help address the country’s opioid crisis with tech.
Hundreds of resea
Read more…The Center at Sierra Health Foundation through the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Access Points Project announced more than $16.4 million awarded to 120 organizations at more than 270 sites/access points throughout California. This funding will
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https://patientengagementhit.com/news/embracing-the-social-determinants-of-health-in-pediatric-hea
Read more…See CNN for the entire story:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/health/opioid-trial-oklahoma-verdict-walkup/index.html
The judge presiding over the historic Oklahoma opioid trial will deliver his ruling Monday afternoon -- a decision that could have sweep
Read more…The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a new policy statement that addresses the impact of bias and racism on child and adolescent health. Though it is our first formal policy statement devoted to racism, it builds on our previous statements
Read more…https://www.marinij.com/2019/07/21/californias-struggle-to-get-food-stamps-to-the-hungry/
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It begs the question on funding for research, when in this recent article interconnections are touched on:
...Another area of concern, which is still under the radar, is the connection between opioid addiction and gun violence. According to the study
Read more…EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A growing literature regarding the health consequences of social risks, such as substandard housing and food insecurity, combined with increased adoption of risk-based payment models have contributed to a wave of healthcare sector i
Read more…Male opioid-related overdose death rates are significantly hig
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