Category: Opioids
Milwaukee County program will connect emergency room patients to addiction treatment
A new pilot program connecting emergency room patients with a substance use disorder to treatment launched last month.
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Opioid prescriptions continue to decline
The number of dispensed opioids during the first quarter of the year was 10 percent lower than the first quarter of 2017, according to a report from the Department of Safety and Professional Services.
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Panelists dive into Pew suggestions on substance use disorder treatment
A hub-and-spoke model of delivering substance use disorder treatment, changing laws around how pregnant women with addiction are treated and a new bed tracker are among the policy changes state policymakers plan to pursue to combat the opioid epidemic, according to speakers at a Wisconsin Health News panel Tuesday.
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Wisconsin looks to increase access to medication-assisted treatment
The Department of Health Services is looking at ways to make buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid addiction, more available to Medicaid members and in the emergency room, a state official said at a Wisconsin Health News panel Tuesday.
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