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• The Future of the Opioid Abuse Epidemic

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/11/08/what-to-expect-for-the-future-of-the-opioid-abuse-epidemic
  

  The recent decades of opioid abuse in the U.S. tells us that the crisis wasn’t just an accident and there are certain key lessons for the healthcare industry.

• Seeing Past the Opioid Problem

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/articles/articles/2020/10/26/seeing-past-the-opioid-problem
  

  Healthcare providers are increasingly caught in the crosshairs of a dilemma: How can they provide the highest quality patient care while also complying with federal, state, and local mandates around prescribing and reporting abuse? Download the article to learn more.

• COVID-19 and the Opioid Crisis – How This Pandemic is Shaping the Opioid Crisis in 2020

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2020/09/09/covid-19-and-the-opioid-crisis-how-this-pandemic-is-shaping-the-opioid-crisis-in-2020
  

  COVID-19 has had a deleterious effect on the opioid crisis, but it is possible for patients to emerge on the other side of the pandemic in a better place if we first understand where we were prior to the pandemic and also understand the factors that make the pandemic so difficult for these patients.

• Update on the Opioid Epidemic - Statistics and Progress

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2020/02/28/update-on-the-opioid-epidemic---statistics-and-progress
  

  The opioid crisis continues to rage across the United States, but all the news is not grim thanks to robust efforts around tightened access, education and treatment.

• Navigating the Unknowns of Opioid Regulation and Education

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/articles/articles/2020/10/27/navigating-the-unknowns-of-opioid-regulation-and-education
  

  As high-profile lawsuits linked to the exploding U.S. opioid epidemic continue to play out in courtrooms nationwide, healthcare providers are working to implement ways to thread the needle between appropriate patient care and avoiding exposure to legal or regulatory action.

• What Are the Options for Treating Opioid Addiction?

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/10/08/what-are-the-options-for-treating-opioid-addiction
  

  Opioid addiction is an unfortunate, common, and often tragic reality across the U.S. population. It’s important to know the options for treating addiction in case someone close to you needs help with overcoming this serious problem.

• What Are the Options for Treating Opioid Addiction?

  https://www.healthstream.com/continuum/resources/continuum-blogs/2019/10/08/what-are-the-options-for-treating-opioid-addiction
  

  Opioid addiction is an unfortunate, common, and often tragic reality across the U.S. population. It’s important to know the options for treating addiction in case someone close to you needs help with overcoming this serious problem.

• Exploring Real Solutions to the Opioid Crisis in America

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2020/10/02/exploring-real-solutions-to-the-opioid-crisis-in-america
  

  The Opioid crisis continues to wreak a staggering toll on the United States. Even during the exacerbated conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are real, evidence-based solutions for treating people with addiction problems.

• The U.S. Opioid Crisis: How Bad Is It?

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2018/03/07/the-u.s.-opioid-crisis-how-bad-is-it
  

  The scientific literature perspective that opioids produced low rates of addiction and were relatively safe has fueled the problem. The tendency to prescribe opioids alongside aggressive marketing approaches has proven to accelerate our nation’s dependency on opioids.

• Compliance Trends-The Changing Regulatory Landscape for Opioids

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/04/16/compliance-trends-the-changing-regulatory-landscape-for-opioids
  

  The HHS Secretary has declared a public health emergency in response to increased use and abuse of prescription opioids. The industry is facing more monitoring, more scrutiny, and more prescription oversight.

• Applying a Population Health Model to the Opioid Abuse Crisis

  https://www.healthstream.com/continuum/resources/continuum-blogs/2019/12/05/applying-a-population-health-model-to-the-opioid-abuse-crisis
  

  Healthcare can improve its approach to the opioid crisis by adopting a population health model. Looking at addiction and abuse as a chronic disease can change the treatment trajectory

• Applying a Population Health Model to the Opioid Abuse Crisis

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/12/05/applying-a-population-health-model-to-the-opioid-abuse-crisis
  

  Healthcare can improve its approach to the opioid crisis by adopting a population health model. Looking at addiction and abuse as a chronic disease can change the treatment trajectory

• Key Lessons from the History of the Opioid Abuse Epidemic

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/10/29/key-lessons-from-the-history-of-the-opioid-abuse-epidemic
  

  The history of opioid use in the United States, especially the recent decades of abuse, tells us that the crisis wasn’t just an accident. Decisions were made by individuals and corporations that led to our current state of calamity, with certain key lessons for the healthcare industry.

• Responding to the Opioid Epidemic—Taking on the Challenge Begins with You

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/01/14/responding-to-the-opioid-epidemic-taking-on-the-challenge-begins-with-you
  

  Like for any emergent disease, as healthcare professionals, we do what we know to do about opioid abuse disorder. Prevent the disease from ever happening and use evidence-based practices to treat those affected. Given the enormity of the problem, we conclude it will take a long time and great effort to effect change.

• Training Is Essential for Healthcare Staff Encountering Opioid Abuse, Whether Clinicians or Not

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2020/12/23/training-is-essential-for-healthcare-staff-encountering-opioid-abuse-whether-clinicians-or-not
  

  Opioid Abuse-focused education is essential and must address more than just the epidemic, including safe opioid use for conditions such as chronic pain, the risks of opioid use, and how to identify and manage opioid use disorder (OUD).

• How Opioid Overdose Changes the Approach to Resuscitation Care

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/09/18/how-opioid-overdose-changes-the-approach-to-resuscitation-care
  

  Cardiac arrest is a significant risk in opioid overdose—many narcotics involve a serious drop in respiratory rate, which can sometimes lead to cardiac arrest. Administering CPR and Naloxone may help to revive someone who has experienced cardiac arrest due to overdose.

• The Opioid Crisis: A U.S. Problem and the Response of Clinicians and CMS

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2018/03/22/the-opioid-crisis-a-u.s.-problem-and-the-response-of-clinicians-and-cms
  

  If the amount of opioids prescribed per year were averaged out over each person living in the U.S., everyone would get about a two-week supply. What should clinicians and CMS do?

• Solutions for Drug Diversion’s Role in the Opioid Crisis

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2018/04/04/solutions-for-drug-diversion-s-role-in-the-opioid-crisis
  

  Most reports on the opioid crisis in America focus on individuals who receive a prescription for an opioid pain killer and then become a victim of opioid dependence. But what about the issue of dependence that occurs within the walls of the hospital, connected to Drug Diversion?

• The Opioid Crisis and COVID-19 – Challenges and Strategies for Patients and Providers

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2020/09/24/the-opioid-crisis-and-covid-19-challenges-and-strategies-for-patients-and-providers
  

  The pandemic has created a crisis within a crisis for SUD and mental health patients. While these patients are more vulnerable in this time, there are strategies to support both patients and their healthcare providers.

• Physicians’ Opioid Prescription Choices for Patients Are Being Affected by New Laws

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/01/18/physicians-opioid-prescription-choices-for-patients-are-being-affected-by-new-laws
  

  It’s important for the physicians involved in writing opioid prescription to understand this is not a criticism of past care, but rather a way for them to learn a better approach based on evidence currently available on this evolving medical issue.

• The Opioid Abuse Epidemic: A Problem Across The Entire Care Continuum

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/articles/articles/2019/08/08/the-opioid-abuse-epidemic-a-problem-across-the-entire-care-continuum
  

  Did you know that every day more than 130 people in the United States die from overdosing on opioids? This epidemic of abuse with significant human cost is a serious national crisis with an impact on the physical, mental, and economic health of the country. In this article, we explore the cost of the crisis and how environments across the entire care continuum are taking the necessary steps to combat this epidemic.

• Growing Enforcement Connected to Opioid Addiction Means Awareness Also Deserves Attention

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2020/12/28/growing-enforcement-connected-to-opioid-addiction-means-awareness-also-deserves-attention
  

  As high-profile lawsuits linked to the exploding U.S. opioid epidemic continue to play out in courtrooms nationwide, healthcare providers are working to implement ways to thread the needle between appropriate patient care and avoiding exposure to legal or regulatory action.

• Six Tactics That Must Be Applied in Healthcare to the Opioid Abuse Epidemic

  https://www.healthstream.com/continuum/resources/continuum-blogs/2019/11/22/six-tactics-that-must-be-applied-in-healthcare-to-the-opioid-abuse-epidemic
  

  This blog post briefly describes six tactical options that need to be employed to go a good way towards supporting the opioid crisis and getting through it.

• Six Tactics That Must Be Applied in Healthcare to the Opioid Abuse Epidemic

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/11/22/six-tactics-that-must-be-applied-in-healthcare-to-the-opioid-abuse-epidemic
  

  This blog post briefly describes six tactical options that need to be employed to go a good way towards supporting the opioid crisis and getting through it.

• The Role of Clinicians and Other Healthcare Workers in Combating the Opioid Crisis

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2019/09/30/the-role-of-clinicians-and-other-healthcare-workers-in-combating-the-opioid-crisis
  

  Healthcare staff play an important and often unique role for victims of the opioid crisis. They are likely to recognize the symptoms of abuse and addiction issues, therefore they have a higher chance to intervene sooner.

• Engaging At-Risk Opioid Addicted Mothers Through Prenatal Care, Delivery, and Beyond

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2020/04/03/engaging-at-risk-opioid-addicted-mothers-through-prenatal-care-delivery-and-beyond
  

  Breaking free from opioid addiction is a difficult and multifaceted challenge. For many women who are addicted, the process is made even more complex by pregnancy. That’s where the Giving Respect and Compassion to Expecting Moms, or G.R.A.C.E., program steps in.