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PORTLAND, Maine, Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Stroudwater Associates, a leading source of strategic, operational, and financial advisory services for rural, community, and county/district-owned hospitals, launches a new service offering to help primary care clinics and provider practices understand and implement the Six Building Blocks opioid management program.
Improving management of long-term prescribed opioids is an increasingly urgent imperative for physicians, hospitals, Accountable Care Organizations, and health plans, as the opioid epidemic has worsened significantly during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Preliminary data shows an estimated 21% increase in US overdose deaths for the 12-month period ending June 2020 compared to the prior 12 months, with more than 83,000 overdose deaths, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that over two million people ha