Every day, more than 90 Americans die from opioid overdoses, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The federal government has declared the epidemic a national emergency, allowing federal agencies to divert more of their grant money toward it. Meanwhile, states are employing data through Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to help track and fight doctor shopping, or seeing multiple providers with the aim to garner more pain medication prescriptions. But the epidemic is still overwhelming healthcare facilities in many ways.

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