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• Opioids: A National Health Crisis

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/ebooks/ebooks/2021/05/05/opioids-a-national-health-crisis
  

  As the opioid crisis continues to unfold across the United States, 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?

• 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.

• The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Importance of Opioid Stewardship

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/04/14/the-covid-19-pandemic-and-the-importance-of-opioid-stewardship
  

  Recognizing the impact of the opioid crisis, NQF convened an expert opioid-focused action team that ultimately produced the National Quality Partners (NQP) Playbook: Opioid Stewardship. HealthStream learning courseware based on it is now available.

• 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

• A Healthcare Education Solution Focused on the Opioid Crisis

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/04/16/a-healthcare-education-solution-focused-on-the-opioid-crisis
  

  HealthStream and the National Quality Forum (NQF) have partnered to create the NQF Opioid Stewardship Fundamentals online training course, an educational series that follows the seven fundamental actions of the National Quality Partners (NQP) Playbook: Opioid Stewardship.

• Treating the Opioid Epidemic as a Mental Health Issue

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/03/11/treating-the-opioid-epidemic-as-a-mental-health-issue
  

  Many people who are addicted to drugs are also diagnosed with other mental disorders, including anxiety and depression. The past year of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated many health issues that contribute further to the opioid addiction crisis.

• Law Enforcement Trends Related to Opioid Prescription

  https://www.healthstream.com/continuum/resources/continuum-blogs/2021/01/27/law-enforcement-trends-related-to-opioid-prescription
  

  Because state and federal level actions have been fragmented and often lack strong coordination, physicians and healthcare system officials must understand the full picture that combines overall addiction-rise statistics with current and potential enforcement actions.

• Law Enforcement Trends Related to Opioid Prescription

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/01/27/law-enforcement-trends-related-to-opioid-prescription
  

  Because state and federal level actions have been fragmented and often lack strong coordination, physicians and healthcare system officials must understand the full picture that combines overall addiction-rise statistics with current and potential enforcement actions.

• 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.

• HealthStream, National Quality Forum Partner to Combat the Opioid Crisis

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/articles/articles/2021/03/18/healthstream-national-quality-forum-partner-to-combat-the-opioid-crisis
  

  Education continues to play a central role in combating the national opioid crisis. HealthStream and the National Quality Forum (NQF) have partnered to create the NQF Opioid Stewardship Fundamentals online training course, an educational series that follows the seven fundamental actions of the National Quality Partners (NQP) Playbook: Opioid Stewardship.

• Opioid Stewardship Training Based on the Input of Many Expert Stakeholders

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/04/21/opioid-stewardship-training-based-on-the-input-of-many-expert-stakeholders
  

  Once NQF decided to focus its attention on the opioid crisis, its leadership began many months of work. They tapped outside experts for data and strategy ideas and began to look at how healthcare providers and entities could tackle the complex issues of opioid addiction and substance abuse disorder (SUD).

• 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.

• HealthStream-NQF Partnership Makes Opioid Stewardship Tools More Widely Available

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/04/29/healthstream-nqf-partnership-makes-opioid-stewardship-tools-more-widely-available
  

  The new Opioids Stewardship course from NQF and HealthStream allows clinicians who do not have much experience with opioids to grow in knowledge, while those with strong practical skills can add to their own awareness.

• Focusing on Communication and Training Is Improving Opioid Prescription Oversight

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/01/29/focusing-on-communication-and-training-is-improving-opioid-prescription-oversight
  

  The medical community’s input is needed so that opioid prescription oversight regulations are being crafted with the advantage of a medical-delivery perspective—that way providers can prevent oversight efforts that could damage the care-delivery system and negatively affect patient outcomes.

• Seven Fundamental Ways to Improve Opioid Stewardship with Expert Healthcare Training

  https://www.healthstream.com/resources/blog/blog/2021/04/20/seven-fundamental-ways-to-improve-opioid-stewardship-with-expert-healthcare-training
  

  Seven fundamental pillars of opioid stewardship are the foundation for the NQF opioid stewardship courseware available through HealthStream. This active learning, scenario-based curriculum takes the learner on a healthcare organization's journey to improved opioid stewardship.

• 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).