Hillcrest Medical Center
CME Grand Rounds
DATE: October 3, 2018
TOPIC: The Opioid Epidemic: A Health System Risk Management Response
PRESENTER: Jeff Galles, DO
- CONSEQUENCES:
- 197,713 deaths from prescription opioid overdoses 2000 through 2016
- That is 91 deaths a day
- 4 deaths per hour
- That’s 9/11 every 3.5 days
- Orthopedic surgeons are the third-highest prescribers of opioids among physicians in the United States, accounting for about 7.5% of all prescriptions for opioids nationwide.[1]
- Context: Alcohol related deaths still exceed deaths from opioids!
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October 03 2018