Opioid over consumption is not only affecting the health of the beneficiaries but also creating a lot of loss for payers and providers. To ensure the safety of patients and reduce the financial loss from opioid crisis, hospitals and pharmaceuticals should adopt measures to monitor and track opioid prescription and consumption. Using and integrating data across platforms with the help of technology, this epidemic could be eradicated for a healthy future.

1. OPIOID
CRISIS
OPIOID
CRISIS
Sanjay Patil is a Healthcare IT consultant with top-tier consulting experience
in successfully delivering large scale custom development projects, applica-
tion integration, content management ,portal solutions and implementation
of health care business solutions. He has been actively involved in Meaningful
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2. 11 million - misused
an opioid pain reliever in
the past year
63,600 families lost
someone to drug overdose
within an year
The U.S. lifespan estimates
declined for the second time in
two years, primarily due to
deaths from drug overdose
Opioids such as Vicodin
(hydrocodone), OxyContin
(oxycodone), heroin and
fentanyl accounted for
42,000 deaths in 2016
Overdose rates are highest
among people aged
between 25 to 54.
Drug overdoses account
for more deaths in Ameri-
ca than falls, guns, or
traffic accidents
Baby Boomers experienced
increased risk of death due to
prescription opioid overdose
relative to individuals born after-
wards.
One-third of Part D beneficiaries
received an opioid prescription in
2016, costing the program $4.1
billion and representing 79.4 mil-
lion prescriptions.
501,008 Part D benefi-
ciaries received high
amounts of opioids
69,563 received “extreme”
amounts – many as a result of
doctor shopping
OPIOID CRISIS
FACTS &
NUMBERS
OPIOID CRISIS
FACTS &
NUMBERS
Resources
SAMHSA, 2017 Kochanek, Murphy, Xu, & Arias, 2017 Dowell, Arias, Kochanek, Anderson, & al, 2017
National Center for Health Statistics Data from 1999 to 2014

3. Conclusion
Opioid over consumption is not only affecting the health of the beneficiaries but also creating
a lot of loss for payers and providers. To ensure the safety of patients and reduce the financial
loss from opioid crisis, hospitals and pharmaceuticals should adopt measures to monitor and
track opioid prescription and consumption. Using and integrating data across platforms with
the help of technology, this epidemic could be eradicated for a healthy future.
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