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Clinical Care
How WellSpan Cleared Out Its ERs By Increasing Behavioral Health Services
Most behavioral health patients do not need to receive care in hospital emergency departments, the chief physician executive of WellSpan...
Technology
HHS Expands Telemedicine Use in Opioid Abuse Treatment Programs
The new rule, announced today, enables healthcare providers to use audio-visual telemedicine platforms to evaluate new patients for methadone treatment...
Pharma
Records Show Publix Opioid Sales Grew Even as Addiction Crisis Prompted Other Chains' Pullback
While national pharmacy chains like CVS and Walgreens were dispensing fewer of the highly addictive drugs, Publix's sales were soaring.
Pharma
'They See a Cash Cow': Corporations Could Consume $50B of Opioid Settlements
But as the dollars land in government coffers a swarm of private, public, nonprofit, and for-profit entities are eyeing the...
Pharma
Millions in Opioid Settlement Funds Sit Untouched as Overdose Deaths Rise
The money is part of the approximately $50 billion that states and local governments will receive nationwide in opioid settlement...
Clinical Care
For People With Sickle Cell Disease, ERs Can Mean Life-Threatening Waits
A crisis can quickly escalate into life-threatening complications such as strokes, seizures, and sepsis.
Technology
DEA Extending Telemedicine Prescription Waiver Through 2024
The agency is once again extending a pandemic-era waiver enabling providers to prescribe controlled substances via telemedicine without first needing...
Technology
Multi-State Pilot to Test the Value of RPM for Methadone Treatment
The University of Washington School of Medicine and Scene Health are continuing a federally funded project that uses video-based remote...
Technology
DEA Schedules Listening Sessions to Discuss Telemedicine Prescriptions
The agency will meet in September with interested parties to discuss a long-debated proposed registration for providers wishing to prescribe...
Marketing
Doctors Sound Alarm About Child Nicotine Poisoning as Vapes Flood the U.S. Market
Cases of vaping-related nicotine exposure reported to poison centers hit an all-time high in 2022.
Telehealth
Remote Testing Proves Effective for Opioid Screening
More than 83% of patients in the study completed multiple remote urine screenings within the first 30 days of entering...
Innovation
Is Digital Health Meeting Its Goals in Substance Abuse Treatment?
A new study finds that a third of providers surveyed are using digital health to treat OUD and substance abuse,...