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Gabi could have been another statistic for but instead, she's the face of survival and recovery. It was an honor to work with Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Costello Productions to tell Gabi's story. Have a look.

Making it Through: Gabriella's Story Gabriella almost lost her life to opioid overdoses. Learn how naloxone saved her life so she could start on the road to recovery. OpiRescue is an app that has helps…

Calling all Colorado Hospital Association members! Join clinicians from Children’s Hospital ColoradoColorado and Denver Health for an opioid stewardship webinar on Monday, June 14 from noon - 1 p.m. They will share their experiences on stewardship and utilizing OpiSafe in their workflows. The session is intended for prescribing clinicians, physician leaders, quality personnel, and hospital administrators. CHA members can register here: https://lnkd.in/g6UTpBr

The Denver Post asked our CEO Rob Valuck, PhD, to weigh in on this story. He's concerned about what's happening now and what it means for the future. That's because it can be years between the time an individual begins using a substance and when they might die of an overdose.

Fatal drug overdoses surged 59% in Colorado last year as overall deaths rose during the pandemic Fatal drug overdoses in Colorado surged 59% in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic ushered another public health crisis into the state, which largely avoided the grim scenes of the opioid epidemic sev…

A recent study in JAMA found that youth given opioid prescriptions, even at short and low doses, are at risk of persistent use. That’s one of the reasons why one of the top 10 pediatric hospitals in the nation uses OpiSafe to strengthen its opioid stewardship and assure the safety of young patients.

Trajectories of Opioid Use Following First Prescription in Opioid-Naive Youths This cohort study examines trajectories of opioid use among youths aged 10 to 21 years who had been prescribed opioids for the first time.

A new study out of Wake Forest found opioid-induced respiratory depression significantly increases hospital costs. Patients with at least one event of opioid-induced respiratory depression were hospitalized an average of six days and related costs topped $21,000.

Opioid-induced respiratory depression significantly increases hospital costs Researchers reported that patients who experienced at least one opioid-induced respiratory depression event on a hospital’s general care floor spent about 6 days in the hospital and had more than $21,000 in related costs.

We're thrilled to see all the attention Don Stader, MD, our Medical Director of Emergency Medicine is receiving for his work with the Naloxone Project. Kudos!

Hospitals Give Out Doses of Antidote to Fight Opioid Crisis When doctors write a prescription for the life-saving antidote to an opioid overdose, patients only bother to fill them about 5% of the time.

We're not "anti-opioids.” We strongly believe in careful monitoring and assessment to assure the best patient outcomes and to avoid problems. There are, and always will be, some patients who legitimately need and benefit from opioids for pain management, and that includes many patients on hospice. Opioid prescribing and monitoring must be individualized, and that’s something we help prescribers with.
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Hospice Patients Getting Fewer Opioids for Pain Relief — Pain News Network By Pat Anson, PNN Editor Overzealous enforcement of opioid guidelines has led to a significant decrease in opioid prescribing to terminally ill patients being admitted to hospice care, according to a new study that found some dying patients may have had their pain undertreated. The study, led by r

Wow. We’ve all heard that drug overdose deaths jumped significantly in 2020, graphs like this one showing what’s happening in Colorado (estimates based on provisional data) still shock us. A drill-down on drug type reflected an even steeper increase in opioid overdose deaths.

Justice-involved individuals with opioid used isorder (OUD) are at greatest risk for overdose the first two weeks after incarceration. Until medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is more readily available to these individuals, we believe everyone with OUD leaving incarceration should receive Naloxone and OpiRescue. We’ve already begun to work with Colorado and other states on this important issue.

MAT Often Not an Option for Opioid Users in Justice System Medicaid expansion seems to have helped, but not a lot

We keep seeing more data about the deadly surge of opioid overdose deaths, exacerbated by the pandemic. Preliminary data by the CDC shows a 29% increase in overdose deaths from October 2019 to September 2020. That's 87,000 Americans no longer here. If you can do nothing else, please take a moment to download our free app OpiRescue. You never know when you might be presented with a life-saving opportunity.

The new Administration is doubling down on its response to the opioid epidemic with the latest discretionary funding request for FY '22. The $10.7B request -- which represents a significant $3.9B increase over '21 allocations -- aims to "support research, prevention, treatment, and recovery support services, with targeted investments to support populations with unique needs, including Native Americans, older Americans, and rural populations." The request included several additional investments in public health and other crisis-related needs.

A study in last month's Pain Practice has an alarming new estimate of the prevalence of problematic use of opioids among adults with chronic pain not related to cancer.

OpiSafe CEO Rob Valuck, PhD, says, “This percentage is about two times higher than what I, and other experts on opioids, have been estimating over the past decade. We’ve always known opioid misuse is a problem, but effectively one out of every three people taking opioids for chronic pain having issues with proper use is a much bigger problem than we thought.”

"Only one-third of patients get medications for opioid use disorder in the emergency department," said Dr. Mark Rosenberg, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians. "What we know is that those patients discharged from the hospital without any further treatment who are an overdose are a hundred times more likely to die within the year."

Hospital Emergency Rooms Struggle With Overdose Spike During Pandemic The CDC says hospitals saw a lot more emergency cases involving drug overdoses, as well as mental health crises and su***de attempts. Many emergency departments weren't ready.

The annual ED and hospital costs for opioid use disorder are massive.

“Individuals who take opioids for chronic pain can find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place if they’re looking for a new doctor. Many are reluctant to take these patients on – doctors simply don’t know what to do with them,” says Rob Valuck, PhD, CEO of OpiSafe. “There are many chronic pain patients who need to be on opioid therapy to manage their pain, and doctors need tools to prescribe safely and monitor them.”

JAMA Pediatrics recently published findings on the lack of treatment for youth after experiencing an opioid overdose, which happens more often than you might think. The general public and first responders use our free app OpiRescue to help prevent and reverse OD and find treatment. Providers use OpiSafe for safe opioid prescribing and monitoring, and to connect people to treatment if needed.

Our CEO Rob Valuck is featured "Coming Clean," which opens nationwide on Jan. 22. The award-winning documentary examines America's opioid crisis through the eyes of the recovering addicts and political leaders on the frontlines. View the trailer and purchase tickets to watch via Laemmle Virtual Cinema. https://watch.laemmle.com/videos/comingcle/5ffcffae5113db0001d1b7a8

We're headquartered in Colorado, where deaths from opioid overdoses are occurring at an alarming rate. And, sadly, it’s the same story all over the country. On this International Overdose Awareness Day, please take a moment to install our free OpiRescue app on your phone and share it with others. Just search "OpiRescue" in the App Store or Google Play. Armed with OpiRescue and the opioid overdose reversal drug , you could be the difference between life and death.

OpiSafe updated their address.

CEO Rob Valuck spent some time talking about innovations in opioid response on Mike Biselli's Passionate Pioneers podcast. Check it out.

7: Dr. Robert Valuck | A Pharmacist Turned Tech Entrepreneur to Battle the Nation's Opioid Crisis - Passionate Pioneers with Mike Biselli - Omny.fm In this episode, we learned about the opioid epidemic and its devastating impact on our country from a leading expert in prescription drug monitoring, adherence, and patient-focused outcomes as we well how this national leader is battling this public health crisis through the power of community and....

Thanks to Orapin Marketing + Public Relations for sharing why our CTO is so passionate about being a change-maker in the opioid crisis.

INSPIRED IMPACT :: Chris Ennis | OpiSafe Chris Ennis is the chief technology officer and co-founder of OpiSafe, a company designed to empower the prescribers who prescribe opioids.

Check out this podcast our CEO RobValuck, PhD, did about the important roles of technology and collaborative approaches when addressing the opioid crisis.

America’s Opioid Crisis: Collaborative and Cutting-edge Tech with Rob Valuck, PhD, CEO of OpiSafe In this episode of our series on opioid abuse in America we talk with Rob Valuck, PhD, co-founder and CEO of OpiSafe and Director of the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. Rob is a leading proponent of collaborative approaches to addressing the crisis and provides insights i...

We're at the Rx Drug Abuse Summit this week to share how our platform offers the most comprehensive response to the opioid crisis. If you re attending, stop by booth 901 right by the entrance and say hello.

We hope to foster collaboration and innovation with our new National Opioid Response Laboratory.

OpiSafe Announces Innovation Center to Address Ongoing Challenges of Opioid Epidemic DENVER (PRWEB) April 18, 2019 -- OpiSafe, a national leader in the development of platforms and services that address the country's ongoing opioid epidemic, has opened an innovation center designed to meet a wide variety of challenges associated with state and local opioid responses.

First responders have an increasingly difficult job. We're humbled that OpiRescue is being utilized to assist many rescue personnel in identifying and reversing opioid overdoses.

Pleased to be working with the state of Colorado to expand the free resources available on our OpiRescue app.

CDHS funds treatment locator in opioid overdose app The Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) funded an update to the overdose reversal application OpiRescue that connects app users with resources for opioid addiction, including a treatment locator.

Delaware is one of the latest states to sponsor the OpiRescue app in an effort to combat overdoses.

Has someone overdosed in front of you? This app tells you how to save their life The state is coupling its naloxone outreach efforts with an app aimed at helping people walk through overdoses in their own lives.

The bonus workshop at 'Opioids & Florida: The Collaboration Imperative' (moderated by our friends from HealthXL), will feature a "who's who" of experts utilizing tech to tackle the crisis including Pear Therapeutics, Inc., OpiSafe, Applied VR, Kaia Health, .farren.1, WellBrain and AccendoWave.

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OpiSafe updated their business hours.

OpiSafe updated their phone number.

We were in Columbus, Ohio today to accept a prize for the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge. Thanks to Governor Kasich and the Ohio Third Frontier Commission for embracing innovation to solve our biggest public health crisis.

Ohio Awards Latest Prizes in Opioid Science Challenge Ohio is awarding another round of prizes totaling $2.4 million in its global technology challenge seeking scientific breakthroughs to address the U.S. opioid crisis.

It was a pleasure to work with Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) to produce this report.

New MGMA Report Outlines Key Focus Areas for Medical Practices to Combat Opioid Epidemic Gain an understanding of prescribing policy principles developed based on an analysis of a medical practice manager survey and interview data.

We are now OpiSafe.

RxAssurance Rebrands as OpiSafe, 1,000th Practice Signs on | OpiSafe Denver – RxAssurance, the award-winning, comprehensive solution provider of platforms designed to manage the opioid response, has changed its name to OpiSafe. The company has also brought on its…

Do you have unused or expired prescription drugs at your home? Find a location to safely and properly dispose them on National Take Back Day this Saturday. Search for a collection site near you here:

Take Back Day The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and anonymous means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse and medications.

OpiSafe updated their information in their About section.

OpiSafe updated their website address.

Here’s how Colorado is combating the prescription opioid and he**in epidemic

Our OpiRescue app is mentioned in the The Denver Post today.

"The immediate game changer is the opioid antidote — but it’s not available everywhere.Naloxone is a rescue drug that reverses an overdose and gets credit for saving thousands of lives each year in Colorado. A smartphone app that tracks its use by law enforcement registered 259 overdose reversals so far this year."

denverpost.com The nation’s drug epidemic kills one person in Colorado every 9 hours and 36 minutes. The rise in opioid-related deaths, whether from prescription opioids or he**in and fentanyl is to blame. Here’s…

OpiSafe reaches 100 practices