MITRE investigator: Advanced analytics can help predict, fight opioid abuse

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...

Using Data to Reduce and Predict Prescription Drug Fraud

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....

MITRE researcher Jaya Tripathi featured in Boston Globe

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...

Massachusetts Opiod Solutions Workshop

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,...

Using Data to Reduce and Predict Prescription Drug Fraud

Feb 2, 2018 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic, Improving Population Health

Using Data to Reduce and Predict Prescription Drug Fraud Researchers have developed a powerful analytical tool to predict and identify prescription drug fraud schemes involving patients, prescribers, and pharmacies. Read the article Please leave this field emptySign...

Emergency room physicians look for solutions to curb opioid overdoses

Feb 2, 2018 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic, Improving Population Health

Emergency room physicians look for solutions to curb opioid overdoses Emergency room physicians are learning that taking the time to explain to patients why prescribing them an opioid is not the best solution doesn’t increase the length of time patients spend in...