HCA Healthcare to Host Third Annual “Crush the Crisis” National Opioid Take Back Day on October 23
October 19 2021 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading
healthcare providers, today announced that it will host its third
annual national opioid take back event to raise awareness about the
dangers of opioid misuse and proper disposal of medications on
Saturday, October 23, 2021.
Called “Crush the Crisis,” the event aligns with the Drug
Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take
Back Day. Last year’s events in October 2020 collected 13,523
pounds of unused and expired medications. This year, approximately
96 HCA Healthcare facilities at 99 event locations across 17 states
will invite community members to safely and anonymously dispose of
unused or expired medications.
“Opioid addiction is a national health crisis, and the COVID-19
pandemic has only intensified the issue,” said Dr. Randy Fagin,
chief medical officer of HCA Healthcare’s National Group. “A
significant number of opioid addictions and deaths come from
individuals accessing unused opioid prescriptions from family and
friends. Our ‘Crush the Crisis’ events help communities across the
country properly dispose of these medications while educating the
public about the serious threat of opioid misuse.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
70,630 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2019, with more than
70% attributed to opioids. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the
U.S. has seen an increase in opioid usage with all 50 states
reporting a spike or increase in overdose deaths since the pandemic
began. To support the development of safer pain management
protocols and seek reversal of the opioid crisis, HCA Healthcare
proudly partners with and brings vast clinical insight to the
National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Action Collaborative on
Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic and has committed $750,000 to
the Collaborative.
As a learning health system, HCA Healthcare uses data from
approximately 32 million annual patient encounters to help
continuously improve care. The Company uses the science of “big
data” to reduce opioid misuse and transform pain management, with
initiatives in surgical, emergency and other care settings,
including:
- Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR): a multi-modal approach
to pain management that has demonstrated significant improvements
in surgical recovery and a reduction in the use of opioids. HCA
Healthcare data from more than 86,000 joint replacement,
gynecologic oncology, colorectal and bariatric surgeries using ESR
in 2020 revealed an up to 26 percent reduction in opioid usage
compared to those surgeries without the use of ESR. As of August
2021, ESR is live at 168 HCA Healthcare facilities, with the goal
to make ESR the standard of care for all service lines.
- Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS):
aims to stem increasing rates of opioid-related addiction, misuse
diversion and death by making it more difficult for
medication-seekers to doctor-shop and alter prescriptions. EPCS
allows physicians to have access to aggregated electronic health
records which can provide data that will help them to prescribe
opioids judiciously.
For more information on “Crush the Crisis,” visit
www.hcahealthcare.com/campaigns/crush-the-crisis or call toll free
number at (833) 582-1970.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s leading
providers of healthcare services comprising 183 hospitals and
approximately 2,000 ambulatory sites of care, including surgery
centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician
clinics, in 20 states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in
1968, HCA Healthcare created a new model for hospital care in the
United States, using combined resources to strengthen hospitals,
deliver patient-focused care and improve the practice of medicine.
HCA Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical studies,
including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is
healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that
identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream
infections in ICU patients by 44 percent. HCA Healthcare is a
learning health system that uses its more than 32 million annual
patient encounters to advance science, improve patient care and
save lives. Please click here to connect with HCA Healthcare on
social media.
All references to “Company,” “HCA” and “HCA
Healthcare” as used throughout this document refer to HCA
Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates
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