Healthcare IT News November 17, 2022
The critical study was enabled by applying machine learning algorithms to a unique database of millions of de-identified claims.
The U.S. is being ravaged by an opioid epidemic that costs tens of thousands of lives and billions of dollars each year.
THE PROBLEM
Dr. Tina Hernandez-Boussard, associate professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and her fellow researchers said they could not let this continue.
“Our goal was to use big data and advanced technologies to identify the causes of opioid addiction and recommend strategies to stem this chronic use,” she stated.
Medicaid covers a vulnerable population with a particularly high risk of opioid misuse. The Stanford team’s problem was that there currently are no large publicly available Medicaid...
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