The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to help stem the tide of opioid overdoses nationwide through its public health data collection and reporting, as well improvements to state-run electronic databases for tracking prescriptions.
CDC is “funding an opioid surveillance program collecting timely data on both fatal and non-fatal overdoses so we can pinpoint resources and responses where needed most,” Debra Houry, MD, director of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, told a Senate appropriations subcommittee.
