Editor’s note: The following Q&A resulted from a conversation PSQH had with Tom Knight, CEO of Georgia-based Invistics, a provider of cloud-based software solutions that improve healthcare inventory ...

The opioid epidemic has reached unprecedented depths — Americans are now more likely to die from opioid overdoses than car accidents, according to a 2019 analysis by the National Safety Council. While ...

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.), released a first-of-its-kind report based on an independent national survey that examines drug diversion in U.S. hospitals, an underreported contributor to the opioid ...

More than 40 law enforcement officials from King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Skagit counties attended a pharmaceutical drug diversion training in Bellevue on Feb. 16 to learn how to fight illegal ...

Hospital drug diversion, when a healthcare worker "diverts" opiates or other controlled substances away from patients for personal use or sale, is often undetected and can lead to patient safety ...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today released a new report based on an independent ...

The training will include sending Kalamazoo public safety officers and dispatchers to crisis intervention training to learn how to "appropriately screen, assess and refer patients for treatment," ...

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today released a new report based on an independent ...