The findings intensify the need to focus on the “social determinants of health,” in addition to the provision of specific health care services.
Jun 3, 2019
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KELLY HOWARD ATTENDS A RECENT STATE MEETING ON TREATING CHRONIC PAIN. TO AVOID EXACERBATING HER PAIN, SHE LIES ON THE FLOOR AT THE BACK AND BRINGS HER SUPPORT DOG, KENTA./KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB
DON BAGLIEN WORKED WITH THE LOCAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDER TO GET HIS 19-YEAR-OLD SON HELP. BUT SINCE HE’S NOW AN ADULT, BAGLIEN WASN’T PRIVY TO HIS MEDICAL HISTORY. THAT MEANT HE COULDN’T INTERVENE AND THINGS GOT WORSE./KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL/OPB
An analysis by the Secretary of State’s Office found that a program that collects prescription information has loopholes that prevent it being used to stem the opioid epidemic.