The Institute of Healthcare Improvement in with support from Pacira Pharmaceuticals will develop a tool to promote safer opioid prescribing for acute pain. To create the tool, IHI will convene a ...

An analysis of medical literature showed a lack of screening tools in the management of opioid therapy for chronic non-cancer pain, according to research published in the journal Pain Physician. The ...

First responders in Minnesota’s capital city will have increased access to a tool to fight opioid addiction. St. Paul interim Fire Chief Greg Duren announced Thursday, Jan. 29, that his department has ...

The opioid epidemic continues to rage across the country – and Pennsylvania is not immune from it. It’s been seven years since it was first designated a public health emergency, and it has continued ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Doctors and researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have developed an artificial intelligence tool to ensure some of our most ...

Ophelia, which provides a digital opioid-use-recovery tool, landed $50 million in Series B funding. Tiger Global Management led the round, with participation from Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, ...

CMS updated its Opioid Prescribing Mapping Tool to give users a more in-depth look at opioid prescribing rates across the U.S., the agency announced Feb. 22. 1. CMS launched the tool in 2015, which ...

A couple of members of Congress are not giving up on finding ways to fight the substance abuse epidemic that has gripped our region. Last week, U.S. Reps. Troy Balderson, R-Ohio 12th, and Robin Kelly, ...

Narcan is just one brand of a drug called Naloxone, a drug used to help revive patients who are in mid-opioid overdose, essentially bringing them back from the brink of death. This tool is so useful ...

TEXARKANA, Ark. — The Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership has launched an app to help fight the state’s opioid epidemic. The ReviveAR app is designed for those who are currently in their addiction ...