By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | July 25, 2019 A dozen health systems and universities across the country will take part in a $155 million, NIH-funded project aimed at improving opioid abuse treatment in the nation's prison system. They'll be looking at telehealth and mHealth, among other things, to affect [...]
By Tina Reed, Fierce Healthcare | May 30, 2019 Physicians treating patients with acute pain should focus on using a multimodal approach that includes medications, nerve blocks, physical therapy and other modalities, according to a federal task force's final report on acute and chronic pain management best practices (PDF) released Thursday. At [...]
By Mike Miliard, Healthcare IT News | February 22, 2019 The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association's Opioid Crisis Task Force has created what it calls "ideal minimum data set" to get physicians the right information to enable safer EPCS. The HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association says it's working toward policies [...]
By Heather Landi, Fierce Healthcare | February 21, 2019 Search queries for “medication disposal near me” reached an all-time high on Google last month as the country continues to face a public health crisis with opioid addiction and overdoses. As part of Google’s effort to combat the opioid crisis and [...]
By Susan Morse, HealthcareIT News | September 21, 2018 HIMSS on Friday issued a call to the healthcare industry to take action in battling the ongoing opioid crisis in America by using health information and technology. While reported opioid drug overdoses killed more than 42,000 Americans in 2016 and nearly [...]
By Eric Wicklund, mHealth Intelligence | August 17, 2018 As the nation struggles with a substance abuse and addiction crisis, providers are using telehealth platforms and mHealth tools to enhance care management and coordination. Telehealth and mHealth are giving healthcare providers a well-stocked toolbox to treat people with substance abuse [...]
