For health plans and providers, managing patients on opioids requires a delicate balance between the patient’s pain management needs and the risk of opioid misuse. We asked our clinical experts to highlight their biggest challenges to improving care for patients on opioids, and their answers reflect the changing pain management and addiction landscape. 1. Lack …
“We want to make sure that as we deal with the opioid crisis, we keep in mind those Americans who are hurting.” This statement was made by Senate Health Committee Chairman Senator Lamar Alexander during this week’s Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee Hearing amidst increasing public discussion of the impact of the opioid …
By May Shen, Ph.D., Research Data Scientist Machine learning models are being quickly adopted in various industry applications because of their outstanding performance compared to more traditional approaches like linear regression. However, machine learning models are also known as ‘black boxes’ because they provide little explanations for their predictions. The black-box nature of many machine learning …
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At axialHealthcare, our pain and opioid care solutions are based in and continually updated with the latest peer-reviewed evidence. In order to maintain the highest standards for our products, and the patient care they support, our experts sort through thousands of publications each year. Adding more than 100 publications to our compendium this year, we’ve …
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By Louis J Czaja, PharmD, BCGP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist As America’s opioid epidemic continues to escalate, the discussion surrounding legalizing medical marijuana has been widely considered as a means to combat it. Currently, marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the United States, with 40 million people 12 years of age or older reporting …
We’re thrilled to announce that axialHealthcare was named the Healthcare Market Mover in the 2018 NEXT Awards, presented by the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Built on the belief that big ideas and the innovators behind them deserve to be celebrated, the NEXT Awards recognize Nashville’s top rebels, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and businesses. This is a very exciting …
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For the past 18 months, the Trump Administration and Congress have been working feverishly to continue the fight against the nation’s opioid epidemic, and the House has spent the last several weeks discussing more than 50 bills, all of which focus on advancing treatment and recovery initiatives, improving prevention, protecting communities, and bolstering efforts to …
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axialHealthcare launches new internal HIPAA-compliant phone platform for its clinical care team to increase provider and patient outreach efficiency and enhance client reporting A multi-team effort, Consult Connect allows axialHealthcare’s Clinical Consult Services (CCS) team, comprised of licensed clinical pharmacists, engagement specialists, and behavioral health coaches, the ability to now make and receive calls to …
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Leveraging intelligence from its network of more than 100 million patient lives, axialHealthcare has created a new initiative in response to the public health crisis and need for earlier intervention for women at risk of delivering babies addicted to opioids NASHVILLE, Tenn.- axialHealthcare, a national leader in pain management and medication solutions, today at HLTH announced the …
Nashville, TN – axialHealthcare, a national leader in pain management and pain medication solutions, today announced its 2018 Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). The purpose of the SAB is to provide a forum for healthcare leaders to share their specific clinical knowledge and unique insight to accomplish axialHealthcare’s ultimate goal of improving the wellbeing of patients in …
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