This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront series titled “New Challenges for Health Care.” The series of articles focuses on emerging issues that are facing decision makers at provider ...

In light of HHS declaring the U.S. opioid overdose crisis a public health emergency Oct. 26, the American Health Information Management Association released a set of seven characteristics providers ...

The language of addiction is always evolving. Maybe we need an addictionary. For example, when the word "alcohol" was written or spoken in early 19th-century America. it was often used in the chemical ...

Earlier this year, local governments across Maine were required to report how they spent their opioid settlement funds for the first time. Data collected by the attorney general’s office and the Maine ...

Mental health experts are nearly unanimous in endorsing the disease model of addiction. Alcoholism (now alcohol use disorder) was declared a disease in 1956 by the American Medical Association, and ...