Search Tag: opioid overddose

ICU Management

2024 16 Jun

  A National Institutes of Health’s HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-Term) Communities Study evaluated a data-driven intervention aimed at reducing opioid-related overdose deaths by engaging communities to implement evidence-based practices, such as increasing naloxone distribution and enhancing access to medication for opioid use disorder....Read more

Executive Health Management

2018 06 Mar

More than 115 Americans die from opioid overdoses daily, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cost to deal with opioid drug abuse, including healthcare, lost productivity, criminal justice involvement and addiction treatment, has climbed to over $78 billion a year. To say this is a large problem would...Read more