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.
There is debate in medical circles about just how effective recommendations and guidelines will be in stemming the epidemic.
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.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
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,
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.
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.
The Michigan team is pushing its new prescribing guidelines online, in hopes of encouraging other hospitals to adopt similar practices.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
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.
“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.
Maine is one of three states to have passed e-prescribing law, which goes into effect July 1. Eight more states have introduced legislation for electronic prescribing of controlled substances.
Patients with private insurance who are diagnosed with opioid dependency or abuse may get different medical services depending on where they live, a white paper
The FDA's move to request Endo Pharmaceuticals to remove its opioid drug Opana ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride) from the market is a first for the regulator.