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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- On Feb. 17, Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar wrote a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul asking her to add another nasal spray for overdoses to the police arsenal. Naloxone, also ...

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 ...

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, ...

Albany County announced new initiatives to fight the opioid crisis. The county is investing more than $1.5 million in settlement funds, they said. The money will be used to help break the cycle of ...

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found that tailored feedback to surgeons dramatically reduces excessive opioid prescriptions for common surgeries ...