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Catholic Medical Center's Aggressive Response to the Opioid Epidemic, Manchester, N.H.
In New Hampshire, hospitals have been inundated with patients suffering from addiction, so Catholic Medical Center (CMC), Manchester, New Hampshire, working with the community, designed and implemented effective initiatives to address opiate addiction.
FDA: Bebtelovimab not expected to neutralize certain omicron subvariants; naloxone may not reverse certain illicit opioids
The Food and Drug Administration recently updated its health care provider fact sheet on bebtelovimab to note that the monoclonal antibody is not expected to neutralize omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1.
CDC updates opioid prescribing guidelines for clinicians
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released updated guidelines for clinicians prescribing opioids to outpatients for short- or long-term pain, which replace guidelines released in 2016.
The Power of Opioid Prevention and Treatment Series: Measuring Opioid Stewardship
Hospitals and health systems must be clear on goals of their opioid stewardship program and intentional about a process for measuring and monitoring progress.
AHA Podcast: Mastering opioid stewardship deployment
In this episode – part four of AHA’s five-part series on opioid stewardship – Marie Cleary-Fishman, AHA’s vice president of clinical quality, is joined once again by Holly Geyer, M.D., hospital internal medicine practitioner subspecialized in addiction medicine at Mayo Clinic. The discussion: encouraging careful and selective use of long-term opioid therapy in the context of managing chronic pain through evidence-based prescribing guidelines; educating staff and patients; and improving the referral-to-treatment process.
The Power of Opioid Prevention and Treatment Series: Mastering Opioid Stewardship Deployment
America has seen soaring rates of fatal overdoses from opioid analgesics – that is prescription drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is often produced and sold illegally.
Senate sends opioid package to president
The Senate today passed by a vote of 98-1 the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, the final House and Senate
Senate passes Opioid Crisis Response Act
The Senate Sept. 17 passed the Opioid Crisis Response Act, a substitute amendment to the House-passed opioid package (H.R. 6).
Congress urged to include Part 2 bill in final opioid package; new IMD bill
More than 100 organizations, including the AHA, yesterday urged House and Senate leaders to include the Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act (H.R. 6082) in the final agreement on opioid legislation.
CMS announces Medicaid model for pregnant women with opioid disorders
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will launch a Medicaid payment model next fall that aims to improve care and reduce expenditures for pregnant and postpartum women with opioid use disorders.