Here’s How Health Data Can Help Stem the Opioid Crisis
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Here’s How Health Data Can Help Stem the Opioid Crisis
December 10, 2019
Here’s How Health Data Can Help Stem the Opioid Crisis
The number of people losing their lives each day to prescription or illicit opioid-related overdoses is staggering. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 47,000 Americans died in 2017 — 130 fatalities each day — due to opioid overdoses, making it the deadliest year on record.
You don’t have to be personally touched by the opioid crisis to understand the gravity of the statistics, let alone the immeasurable and lasting impact it is having on society. This can be addressed by better harnessing the power of data to stem this crisis.
The full Morning Consult article can be viewed at this link.