Under the Cover of COVID-19 News, the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses Silently Surges

While the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered health systems’ priorities, a parallel public health emergency — the national epidemic of opioid-related morbidity and mortality — has continued unabated, with almost 450,000 opioid overdose-related deaths from 1999-2018.

Read the full post on Institute for Healthcare Improvement