UNM, Indian Health Service partner to tackle opioid abuse
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center | May 23, 2016
The University of New Mexico and the Indian Health Service are teaming up to tackle opioid abuse among Native Americans using telehealth technology to share best practices in chronic pain management with health care providers. Under a new agreement, UNM is providing expanded training to more than 1,200 IHS prescribers in hopes of reducing the disproportionate misuse of opioids among Native Americans.