Startups pitch their solutions to the opioid epidemic at Health 2.0
The $50,000 challenge was sponsered by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help find a tech-enabled approach to addressing substance abuse of opioids.
Could experimental program shorten wait time for organ transplant recipients?
In the past, organs exposed to hepatitis C were typically discarded or given only to patients who already had the illness. Using them in patients who don’t have the virus could shorten the transplant wait time for hundreds of patients each year.
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Study: Clinicians who hear of their patient’s opioid overdose death modestly decreased prescriptions
New research of more than 800 clinicians found those who knew about a patient's overdose death cut the overall volume of opioids they prescribed by almost 10 percent over three months.
Hospitals are figuring out how to revise opioid guidelines for specific procedures
There is debate in medical circles about just how effective recommendations and guidelines will be in stemming the epidemic.
Data Cubed’s ResQ app uses video game technology to tackle opioid addiction
The ResQ app, which uses video game technology to help prevent relapse in individuals recovering from opioid addiction, has been selected as one of five semi-finalists in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Opioid Challenge.
New report offers good news on drug spending, opioid prescriptions
The use of coupons and manufacturer buydowns is increasing as a way to offset what would otherwise be increasing costs borne by the patients, according to Murray Aitken, senior vice president and executive director of the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science,
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To reduce opioids, Colorado hospitals take part in innovative pain management pilot program
The method calls for coordination across providers, pharmacies, clinical staff and administrators. It introduces new procedures, for example, like using non-opioid patches for pain.
America is a great place to get shot but for treating chronic conditions, notsomuch
In a discussion at the StartUp Health Festival this week, panelists with backgrounds in hospital administration, surgery, pediatric medicine and government shared initiatives they are undertaking to focus on value with the hope that those efforts would reduce costs in the longterm.
JAMA study shows how surgeons successfully reduced prescribed opioids
The Michigan team is pushing its new prescribing guidelines online, in hopes of encouraging other hospitals to adopt similar practices.
Pear Therapeutics gets greenlight from FDA for addiction treatment via digital therapeutic
The FDA's clearance for the prescribed app, aimed at individuals as part of outpatient therapy for substance use disorders spanning alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, and stimulants, is a major milestone for digital therapeutics and suggests more companies will seek FDA approval.
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Belatedly, Trump declares opioid crisis a “national emergency”
President Donald Trump has officially called the opioid epidemic a national emergency. The announcement comes just days after HHS Secretary Tom Price downplayed the need to do so.
Congressman wants to integrate patients’ addiction treatment records with EMR data
The idea is that if clinicians have a better understanding of their patients' entire medical histories including their "addiction treatment" histories, they will avoid prescribing opioids to patients in recovery.
Report breaks down how much Congressmen are getting from Pharma PACs
A dozen Republican committee heads and ranking Democrats on health-related panels collected $281,600 from pharma-related PACs in the first quarter, up 80 percent from what people in the same positions collected in the first quarter of 2015, the data show.
Trump’s surgeon general nominee persuaded Pence to support syringe exchanges in Indiana
If confirmed by the Senate, Jerome Adams would be the second health official from Vice President Mike Pence’s home state to join the Trump administration. Seema Verma, also from Indiana, heads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Study: Adults with mental illness account for more than half of U.S. opioid prescriptions
“Because patients with mental health disorders are a vulnerable population, [they’re] probably more likely to develop addiction and abuse,” said Dr. Brian Sites, an anesthesiologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire and one of the study’s researchers.