How A Leading Health System is Tackling the Opioid Crisis Head-On
Sponsored by
L.E.K. Consulting
November 8, 2017
The CDC estimates that nearly 80 people die of opioid overdose each day in the United States. Opioid overuse is a critical and widespread issue, and the need for interventions is becoming an urgent priority for many health systems.
L.E.K. Consulting’s new Executive Insights, “How Intermountain Healthcare Developed Its Pain Management Strategy,” examines what a group of caregivers are doing to help patients cope with pain while tackling the opioid over-prescription problem head-on.
Some key takeaways from the white paper:
Opioid addiction has reached crisis proportions in the United States.
Recognizing that pain is an issue in every care setting, Intermountain developed a program that:
Enables primary care physicians to offer alternative ways to manage their patients’ pain symptoms
Takes a multidisciplinary approach to managing pain in other outpatient settings
Provides hospitals with pain specialist consults to help improve outcomes for chronic pain patients while offering opioid alternatives to other patients
The resources within this toolkit are designed to help you take immediate action to assess, refine and expand your organization’s ability to deliver improved care quality while controlling costs.
Real-world Evidence Starts Here: Snapshot of the Premier Healthcare Database
Sponsored by
Premier
October 10, 2017
What makes a database the industry gold standard?
We believe unmatched breadth in clinical, inpatient and cost data does. From late stage drug development to post-marketing studies, this HIPAA-compliant database has been the cornerstone of over 350 peer-reviewed publications spanning 30 therapeutic areas.
This whitepaper provides a detailed description of the attributes and capabilities of the Premier Healthcare Database (PHD), which has been utilized by the pharmaceutical and device industries, academia, healthcare insurers and healthcare policy makers for clinical, financial and outcomes analyses.
In this white paper, experts share their thoughts on how technology will accelerate a significant transformation of the current healthcare paradigm—starting today.