Advancing Health Care Transparency: A National Inventory of Tools to Guide State Policy (July 2018)
Report summarizes findings from a national inventory which examined more than 230 health care transparency tools across the US in four categories: physicians, hospitals, prescription drug pricing, and health insurance purchasing. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Growth in Spending on Privately Insured Drives Much of U.S. Health Spending Growth in 2018 and Early 2018 (July 2018)
Analysis provides a timely view of trends in spending, prices, enrollment, and utilization separately for Medicare, Medicaid, and private payers through May 2018, plus showing the component impact on national health care spending and prices. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's 23rd Annual International Meeting
November 14-17, 2018; San Francisco, CA. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Scientific Conference: Opioid and Nicotine Use, Dependence, and Recovery - Influences of Sex and Gender
September 27-28, 2018; Silver Spring, MD or via webcast. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

2018 Public Health Ethics Forum, Minority Elders and Healthy Aging
September 14, 2018; Atlanta, GA or via webcast. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 31, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Older Adults' Experiences with Opioid Prescriptions
Results from a national sample of adults age 50-80 which asked about their use of opioids for pain management, the education they received, how they disposed of unused medications, and perceptions of current and proposed policies related to opioid disposal and prescribing. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Opioid Response Strategic Plan 2018-2023
Strategic plan includes broad goals to guide Denver ' s response to the opioid epidemic, strategies that support achievement of each goal, and specific actions to be implemented in the next 1-5 years. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Framing a Pathway for Integrating Behavioral and Clinical Health Care
Thursday, August 16, 2018; 10-11:30AM (ET) (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The Role of Community Health Centers in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
This issue brief presents findings from a 2018 survey of community health centers on health center activities related to the prevention and treatment of OUD. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Healthcare Triage
is a video series about healthcare hosted by Dr. Aaron Carroll who explains healthcare policy, medical research, and answers a lot of other questions you may have about medicine, health, and healthcare. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Medicare Secondary Payer Recovery Portal (MSPRP) Overview Webinar
August 16, 2018 1:00pm ET. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Improving Care to Prevent Suicide among People with Serious Mental Illness
September 11-12, 2018; Washington, DC. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

2018 Healthcare Transformation Survival Seminar (Louisville)
September 14, 2018 9:00am-3:10pm ET; Louisville, KY. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

2018 Healthcare Transformation Survival Seminar
August 3, 2018 9:00am-3:10pm ET; Pikeville, KY. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The Opioid Crisis and the EHR
Recorded webinar explores the background and current state of the opioid crisis in the United States and outlines the potential of the EHR to provide tools that can reduce opioid related harm and deaths, as well as improve the quality of life for patients suffering from SUD. (Source: HSR Information Central)
Source: HSR Information Central - July 30, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news