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Care Management Technologies Launches Opioid Prescription Intervention Program

Published in Mental Health Business Week, November 21st, 2009

As concerns increase regarding the sharp rise of misuse, addiction and death associated with prescription opioid painkillers, Care Management Technologies, LLC (CMT) announced a new Opioid

Prescription InterventionTM program that provides monitoring and intervention solutions to reduce risk and help improve healthcare quality outcomes.

Since 1999, prescription drug abuse has increased significantly. In 2002, drug overdose became the second leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States, and in 2006 the CDC reported that prescription drugs exceeded illicit drugs, like heroin, as the leading cause of death from drug overdose. ...

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