1. 2018 Prescription Nation Report
Jane Terry
Senior Director
National Safety Council
for Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners
August 6, 2018
©National Safety Council 2010

2. NSC Opioid Use Survey Findings:
33%
don’t realize they are taking opioids
of U.S. employers are impacted by prescription drugs
70%
©National Safety Council 2010

3. 2018 Prescription Nation Report

4. How States Are Doing: Significant progress since 2016 report:
Went from 26 states failing to just 7
Went from 46 states needing improvement to 30
Went from just 5 states making progress to 13 states & DC improving
©National Safety Council 2010

5. 6 Key Actions: Prescriber Education
From 2016 Report, expanded indicators for PDMP and added Data Sharing key action.
Also dropped the pill mill action in response to shift in best practices
©National Safety Council 2010

6. Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

7. Integrating PDMP into Clinical Setting

8. Data Collection and Sharing

9. Treating Overdose--
Naloxone

10. Treatment Availability for
Opioid Use Disorder

12. Real Costs of Substance Use nsc.org/drugsatwork
Easy to use tool
Computes costs of substance use
Specific to industry, state and employee population
Knowledge is our best defense. Research tells us that 1 in 3 people have been directly impacted by opioids, the most fatal drug crisis in recorded history.
This tool combines the latest research on employment costs with data from National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to calculate how much substance misuse and abuse in your workforce costs employers.

13. Illinois, Education and Health with 1000 Employees

15. @NSCSafety
NSC.org
Thank you!
©National Safety Council 2010