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Clinical Care
How to Treat Substance Use Disorder in the Emergency Department
Presbyterian Healthcare Services emergency departments are following best practices for substance use disorder treatment and management.
Technology
DEA Proposal Expands Telemedicine Prescriptions for Controlled Medications
The US Drug Enforcement Agency has proposed expanding the rules to allow providers to use telemedicine to prescribe controlled medications....
Pharma
Florida Study Links Cannabis to 386 Deaths Over 6 Years
Although the findings raise concerns, the figures for cannabis-related deaths in Florida pale when compared with opioid- and alcohol-related deaths.
Telehealth
Behavioral Telehealth Loses Momentum Without a Regulatory Boost
Feds are working piecemeal to codify new rules for prescribing controlled substances.
Telehealth
Study Validates Telehealth for Substance Abuse Treatment During Pandemic
A study conducted by researchers from the CDC, CMS, and NIH found that the use of telehealth and digital health...
Pharma
Judge: Suboxone 'Product Hopping' LawSuit May Proceed
The suit alleges that Indivior violated antitrust laws to preserve its Suboxone monopoly.
Innovation
New Substance Abuse Partnership Aims to Reduce Unnecessary 911 Transports
Bicycle Health is teaming up with Tele911 to give 911 dispatchers and first responders an on-demand connection to substance abuse...
Strategy
Here's to Hoping: Adena Health Substance Abuse Program Tackles the Opioid Crisis in Rural Ohio
Southern Ohio has been the epicenter of the opioid crisis, with record-breaking rates of overdoses and deaths.
Technology
Money Flows into Addiction Tech, But Will It Curb Soaring Opioid Overdose Deaths?
Addiction tech entrepreneurs see a $42 billion U.S. market for their products and an addiction treatment field that is ripe...
Strategy
Sacklers, Purdue Pharma to Pay $6B in New Opioid Settlement
The payout is 40% higher than the $4.55 billion deal that was vacated by a federal court in December, and...
Clinical Care
'Injections, Injections, Injections': Troubling Questions Follow Closure of Sprawling Pain Clinic Chain
Lags Medical Center patients were left without ready access to their medical records or handoffs to other physicians.
Clinical Care
Opioid Use Disorder Plays Significant Role in Many Sepsis Cases
About 30,000 to 40,000 opioid use disorder patients are hospitalized with sepsis each year.