By Robert M. Califf MD – Since launching our Overdose Prevention Framework in August, 2022, the FDA has taken some important steps to address the opioid overdose crisis. I’d like to catch up with you about opioid use disorder, and efforts we’re taking to mitigate this ongoing health condition.
Contagious Conversations is a podcast hosted and brought to you by the CDC Foundation. This episode is hosted by Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation & joining her is Dr. Chris Jones, director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By Chelsea Richwine & Jordan Everson – In the midst of a growing drug overdose crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians’ use of prescription drug monitoring programs and electronic prescribing of controlled substances technology is critical to improving opioid prescribing practices…
By Gopal Khanna MBA & Christine Chang MD MPH – It’s been all-hands-on-deck at AHRQ during the COVID-19 crisis. A national health emergency demands a national response, and AHRQ is proud to join with our sister agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services in contributing where we can.
By ADM Brett P Giroir MD – Of the millions of Americans who misuse prescription drugs every year, a majority obtain them from friends and family, usually from home medicine cabinets. Every day in the U.S., more than 130 people die as a result of opioid-related overdoses.
Harlow on Healthcare episode NOW on Demand. Host David Harlow talks with Michael Fraser, Ph.D., is CEO of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and Mark Levine, M.D. is the Commissioner of Vermont’s Department of Health.
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