Feb 2, 2018 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic, High Quality Data, Improved Experience of Care, Improving Population Health, Increased Access
Emergency Room Physicians Look For Solutions to Curb Opioid Overdoses Emergency room physicians are often blamed for the rising number of opioid overdoses in the U.S. because they are generally the first to prescribe opioids to patients seeking pain relief. A...
Feb 2, 2018 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic, High Quality Data, Improved Experience of Care, Improving Population Health
MITRE investigator: Advanced analytics can help predict, fight opioid abuse The problem is “no longer just heroin and cocaine; it’s prescription drugs,” said Jaya Tripathi, principal investigator at the MITRE Corp. “If you look at the trends, despite the...
Feb 2, 2018 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic, Improving Population Health
Using Data to Reduce and Predict Prescription Drug Fraud In the United States, there was a 200 percent increase in opioid-related deaths from 2000 to 2014. In 2014 alone, more than 46,000 people died from a drug overdose, 28,000 of those stemming from opioid abuse....
Feb 2, 2018 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic, Improving Population Health
MITRE researcher Jaya Tripathi featured in Boston Globe MITRE researcher Jaya Tripathi became interested in opioids research because of experience with a relative who was prescribed the drug. She applies lessons learned in herh personal life to her work. Read the...
Feb 2, 2018 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic, Improving Population Health
Massachusetts Opiod Solutions Workshop Massachusetts has the fifth highest rate of opioid deaths and overdoses in the nation. As part of Chapter 55, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health has provided a trove of healthcare data including hospital admissions,...
