Author

John Alexander Short

  • Opioid Crisis

    Measuring the Opioid Crisis: The Need for Standardized Cause-of-Death Reporting

    In order for public health officials to appropriately understand and react to the widespread societal impact of the opioid epidemic, the data must first be reliable. To ensure accurate reporting of opioid-related deaths, there needs…

    Measuring the Opioid Crisis: The Need for Standardized Cause-of-Death Reporting

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  • Behavioral Health

    US Legislators Take a Scattered Approach to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

     By J. Alexander Short Pennsylvania is the latest state to enact legislation in reaction to the growing impact the opioid epidemic has on infants. Governor Tom Wolf signed H.B. 1232 in June, effectively requiring hospital…

    US Legislators Take a Scattered Approach to Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

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