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Month: March 2018

opioids Posted onMarch 28, 2018March 28, 2018

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 […] Read More

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the future Posted onMarch 28, 2018March 28, 2018

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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Health policy experts at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine analyzed how the funding will be used to fight the opioid epidemic in Gov. Bill Haslam's $30 million 'TN Together' proposal. This visualizes the allocation of both state and federal funding.
By the Numbers Posted onMarch 26, 2018March 26, 2018

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 […] Read More

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The Weekender Posted onMarch 25, 2018March 25, 2018

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 […] Read More

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Go Long Posted onMarch 21, 2018April 22, 2018

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 […] Read More

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Q&A Posted onMarch 21, 2018March 21, 2018

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 […] Read More

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Hi Posted onMarch 21, 2018March 25, 2018

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