Portland Business Journal, Dec. 1, 2015 A group of more than a dozen hospitals, clinics and Coordinated Care Organizations announced Tuesday they will adopt a community-wide standard for the safe prescribing of opioids in order to combat an epidemic of abuse and addiction. The guidelines, developed over the course of the past year, are designed […]
Portland Business Journal, July 9, 2015 A report out this week detailing how heroin use has surged in the U.S. came as no surprise to Dr. Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. “We’ve had significant heroin problem in Oregon for decades,” Seppala said. “Everything suggests it’s continued to worsen.” The […]
Portland Business Journal, May 7, 2015 A new study quantifies the amount opioid misuse costs U.S. employers: $25.6 billion a year. Of that amount, $10 billion is from lost work and productivity alone, according to Healthenic, a Seattle-based analytics company that helps employers identify health savings.Healthentic reviewed population data from 2011 to 2014 and identified […]
Portland Business Journal, April 27, 2015 A few years ago, a Los Angeles Times reporter named Sam Quinones found himself in Huntington, West Virginia, trying to figure out how black tar heroin from Mexico got there. Turns out it originated in a tiny town in the state of Nayarit on the central-west coast of Mexico […]
Portland Business Journal, April 23, 2015 Dr. Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, visited Congress today to testify about the ongoing opioid epidemic in the U.S. and defended the organization’s approach to addiction treatment. “Individuals who are dependent on opioids face unique challenges that often undermine their ability to remain […]
Portland Business Journal, March 27, 2015 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell on Thursday announced a three-pronged initiative — and $133 million in new funding — to combat rampant opioid and heroin abuse. Dr. Andy Mendenhall, medical director of Hazelden at Beaverton, thinks the strategy could work. “I’m really excited, and as an […]
Portland Business Journal, Jan. 26, 2015 Legislation is being prepared in Oregon to encourage safer opioid prescribing practices. Officials could do so by removing any disincentives to prescribing abuse-deterrent painkillers. “The concept addresses the idea of patient safety and consumer protection around the use of opioid analgesics and abuse deterrents,” said Dr. David Russo, a […]
Portland Business Journal, Dec 17, 2014 All but two Oregon hospitals are on board, or almost so, with a new online information exchange that is already giving emergency room doctors a tool to better assess patients and prevent drug seeking. Already, ER doctors are hailing the Emergency Department Information Exchange as an invaluable tool. At […]
Portland Business Journal, Dec. 15, 2014 After Dr. Bruce Farmer herniated a disc in his back about 10 years ago, he underwent two back surgeries but found no relief from his pain. So he developed his own exercise therapy program and it worked. He has devoted his career since then to developing solutions for back […]
Portland Business Journal, Nov. 21, 2014 The U.S. Food & Drug Administration on Thursday approved a “smart” opioid prescription painkiller that is supposed to be more difficult to abuse. Hysingla ER is an extended-release hydrocodone tablet that’s difficult to crush, break or dissolve, and therefore, harder to snort or inject. The approval comes at a […]
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