For the fifth consecutive year, the number and strength of opioids prescribed has declined, according to the American Medical Association's 2019 Opioid Task Force Progress Report.

Most people who live near the proposed area for Philadelphia's supervised injection site are in favor of its opening, according to a study published in the Journal of Urban Health.

While a vast majority of executives and providers are concerned about drug diversion in U.S. hospitals, only 20 percent believe it is an issue where they work, according to a new survey commissioned by the BD Institute for Medication Management Excellence and conducted by KRC Research.

Since March, five drugmakers and distributors have reached settlements in opioid-related cases brought against them by various states and the federal government.

Redox will integrate OpiSafe's opioid risk reduction platform with its interoperable healthcare network to help providers prevent opioid abuse.

The American Medical Association (AMA) Opioid Task Force released recommendations on May 30th, 2019 calling on policymakers to eliminate barriers to treatment and to take additional steps to end the opioid epidemic.

Opioid prescription intelligence software that is designed to integrate data from prescription drug monitoring programs into EHR systems is helping healthcare providers identify opioid-use disorder and improve prescribing practices, according to a KLAS Research report.

A Philadelphia-based hospital implemented a specialized pain management program for patients who underwent robotic surgery for urologic cancers, which resulted in a majority of patients being discharged home without opioids.

The Georgia Department of Public Health is teaming up with Appriss Health to integrate the state's prescription drug monitoring program into EHR systems across Georgia.

Only about one-third of Americans with opioid use disorder reported receiving treatment in 2017, with the main obstacle being cost concerns, according to a report from USAFacts.

Fewer members of Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health are receiving opioid prescriptions, the organization announced during a May 14 press conference with Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.

A history of substance use disorder is one of three factors likely to identify patients at higher risk for prescription opioid addiction, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The Trump administration seeks cut opioid prescription fills by 33 percent in three years through better education and adherence to pain-management prescribing practices, according to a May 3 report from the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Delaware, Louisiana, Massachusetts and New York have joined forces with Shatterproof, a national nonprofit organization, to create and implement a rating system for addiction treatment programs.

The American Medical Association (AMA) recently published a press release commending Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas General Assembly, alongside the Arkansas Medical Society (AMS) for taking strides in ending administrative challenges that have contributed to the opioid epidemic. 

Inconsistency in opioid dosing could be a risk factor for opioid overdose, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The National Institutes of Health will roll out a $350 million study on addiction treatment in four states hit hard by the opioid epidemic, the group announced April 18.

The CDC clarified aspects of its opioid prescribing guidelines for chronic pain in an April 9 letter to three cancer organizations, reports Medscape.

Nebraska lawmakers voted April 8 to advance a bill that aims to increase measures of the state's prescription drug monitoring program, The Columbus Telegram reports.

Activists in Washington, D.C., placed an 800-pound heroin spoon branded with the FDA's logo outside of the main office of HHS April 5 to protest the drug agency's handling of the opioid epidemic, according to STAT.