NPR: Florida Sues Walgreens, CVS For Alleged Role In Opioid Crisis
Link to news story: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/669146432/florida-sues-walgreens-cvs-for-alleged-role-in-opioid-crisis
Link to press release: http://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.n
Read more…Harvard Business Review: How Geisinger Health System Reduced Opioid Prescriptions
https://hbr.org/2018/11/how-geisinger-health-system-reduced-opioid-prescriptions
The devastating opioid epidemic in the U.S. is a crisis that was created, in part, by hea
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Dr. Atul Gawande wrote The New Yorker "Why Doctors Hate Their Computers" ( https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/why-doctors-hate-their-computers ). Here's one paragraph of particular interest:
"Something’s gone terribly wrong. Doctors are amo
Read more…At first blush, this may seem to have little to do with the opioid epidemic... Here's the story I wish to discuss...
Interesting report from Rock Health...
With America's addiction epidemic taking a devastating toll on lives and communities, technology-based startups are offering a new path forward. These solutions fo
It's worth watching. Let's discuss...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_wurzman_how_isolation_fuels_opioid_addiction
What do Tourette syndrome, heroin addiction and social media obsession all have in common? They converge in an area of the brain calle
Read more…Preliminary disclosure: In the interests of transparency, I am the Director of Policy for Opioid Watch ( www.OpioidWatch.org ). Opioid Watch is an independent nonprofit news service dedicated exclusively to seeking and sharing truth about our nation'
Read more…A recent article in STAT leads off with several paragraphs copied and pasted below. How should we think about these statistics? What should we do about them? What lessons can we draw from them?
