RxAssurance and Cordant Announce Collaboration to Prevent Opioid Misuse Deaths

Two Colorado companies contributing to the national effort to prevent misuse of opioid pain medications, Cordant Health Solutions™  and RxAssurance,  have announced a new collaboration to expand and improve use of the life-saving opioid antidote naloxone among first responders, pain patients and family members when confronted with opioid overdose emergencies. In Colorado, a drug overdose death … Continued

Enhancements to OpiRescue app gives Colorado first responders real-time tracking for opioid overdose encounters

Denver-based RxAssurance just teamed up with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office to offer an app-based tracking mechanism for first responders or laypersons who administer Naloxone for an opioid overdose. The app is one component of the Colorado Naloxone for Life initiative spearheaded by Attorney General Cynthia H. Hoffman to address the opioid epidemic in Colorado by … Continued

RxAssurance contracts with three toxicology laboratories to bring results, time savings to physicians through OpiSafe

Denver, CO — RxAssurance’s OpiSafe platform continues to improve practice efficiency and clinical care. In April, practices using OpiSafe saved an average of 3.7 hours per business day or 74 hours per month. The comprehensive pain medication web and mobile platform, OpiSafe, was created to address the growing epidemic of prescribed opioid misuse and abuse. … Continued

This is huge!

Now is a very exciting time for efforts to address the opioid overdose epidemic. Just last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted fast-track approval of a nasal version of the life-saving opioid overdose-reversing drug Narcan (Naloxone). It currently takes an average of 12 years for a drug to go through clinical development and gain … Continued

App gives friends, family power to prevent opioid overdose deaths

OpiRescue by RxAssurance wins SAMHSA overdose prevention challenge The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has announced that OpiRescue received the top prize in its Opioid Overdose Prevention Challenge. To help combat the rise in opioid-related overdose deaths, RxAssurance, a Denver-based prescription optimization company, created OpiRescue. The free, lifesaving app is for family and … Continued