News
Medical Schools are Changing the Way They Teach Treatment for Pain, Opioid Addiction (Mike Englesbe)
Responses to the Opioid Epidemic Vary Across the Country – But a Few Themes Stand Out (Rebecca Haffajee)
Majority of Post-Op Patients Managed Pain Without Opioids, Study Finds (Mike Englesbe)
14 Common Questions About Opioids, Answered (Rebecca Haffajee)
In states with most overdose deaths, poor patients struggle to find treatment (Pooja Lagisetty)
Opioid Prescriptions for Six Surgeries Down by Half, Study Says (Mike Englesbe)
As more veterans die of opioid overdoses, study shows need to focus beyond prescription opioids (Allison Lin, Amy Bohnert, John McCarthy)
First Opioid Liability Lawsuit Trial in Oklahoma (Podcast) (Erik Gordon)
Resources
NIOSH Workplace Solutions: Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
NASEM Health & Medicine: Pain Management for People with Serious Illness in the Context of the Opioid Use Disorder Epidemic: Proceedings of a Workshop
HCUP Fast Stats: Opioid Hospital Use Map
NASEM Forum on Global Violence Prevention: Videos and Presentations from Interpersonal Violence Syndemics and Co-Occurring Epidemics | May 2019 Workshop
NACCHO: Local Opioid Prevention and Response: A Primer for Local Health Departments