Month: March 2018
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Ranking puts suboxone at top spot in Tenn., raising questions about how people fill medications and data access
Suboxone, a narcotic film strip used in medically-assisted treatment for opioid abuse, ranked number one in a recent list of Tennessee’s most prescribed drugs. But the finding may raise questions about data access and how Tennesseans fill the medication, said experts with different data sets.
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Haslam: Tennessee’s health ‘a slow turning battleship’
Tennessee is fighting a war to improve people’s health — and it’s years away from being won.
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What’s in Gov. Bill Haslam’s $30 million opioid proposal? Health policy experts mapped it.
What you’ll read about: Health policy experts at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine got inspired to map how Gov. Bill Haslam’s team allocated its proposal to fight opioid abuse and addiction. They want to help people wrap their head around the issue.
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The Weekender: a Burger bot, a birthday, family planning and quizzing commenters
What is this? ‘The Weekender’ is a weekly round-up to spotlight what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few headlines from elsewhere matter for Tennessee.
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The TennCare work requirement bill isn’t just about work — it spotlights how lawmakers are bolstering the dependence on jobs for health care access
What you’ll read about: The state legislature is poised to instruct TennCare to negotiate a work requirement — an unprecedented approach to Medicaid eligibility that raises questions about what happens in times of an economic downturn and how to track hours as the number of people in gig-type jobs rises. Implementing a work requirement in […]
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Dr. Tony Iton: ‘What’s in the way of the American dream right now?’
What you’ll read about: The faltering American dream. How ‘short-termism’ in politics and business encumbers progress in thinking about health as a means to participation in the economy and society.
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