Comagine Health News
Our latest research shows the importance of educating people with opioid prescriptions about the risks of having these medications in their home. We linked several Oregon datasets to study the impact of household opioid prescription availability on an individual’s odds of opioid overdose. What we found was that the odds of overdose increased significantly — 60% — when another household member had a recent opioid fill.
Even though the rate of opioid prescribing has decreased in recent years, the number of deaths involving prescription opioids remains high. Prescription opioids are a common entry point into problematic opioid use; many people who seek treatment for opioid use disorder report they started with taking prescription…
According to International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage.” Pain can range from tolerable to debilitating and can be described as sharp, shooting, throbbing, pinching, stinging, burning or sore. Pain can be constant, occasional or intermittent.
Everyone responds to pain differently, with some having a high tolerance for…
Comagine Health has created two worksheets to help long-term and post-acute care (LTPAC) facilities track and monitor the COVID-19 vaccination status of their residents and health care personnel.
When COVID-19 vaccination data is entered in the respected tracking worksheet, the data to be entered will automatically be calculated on the reporting summary tab. The data that is auto calculated on the reporting summary tab can be helpful with easily identifying the counts to input for…