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Patient Access to Care, Preventive Care Key for Opioid Crisis

September 24, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsAlex Azar, Opioid, Opioid crisis, Opioid epidemic, Opioids

Improving preventive care, increasing patient access to care, and addressing societal stigma will be the linchpins in addressing the opioid crisis that ravages the nation, according to a new report from the Surgeon General. The report, Spotlight on Opioids, looks at the national public health crisis that led to 115 opioid-related deaths on any given…

Physicians’ poor addiction training makes healthcare’s opioid battle like ‘fighting World War II with only the Coast Guard’

September 11, 2018Garrett SchmittNo Commentsaddiction, addiction training, Opioid, Opioid crisis, Opioids

Comprehensive addiction training is rare in American medical education, which denies physicians the necessary diagnostic and communication skills required to treat patients with substance use disorder, according to The New York Times. Here are six things to know: 1. Timothy Brennan, MD, assistant professor of psychiatry at Chicago-based Mount Sinai Health System, specifically directs an…