Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists from hospital emergency departments in New Jersey learned about a new initiative to reduce opioid prescribing.

Doctors from St. Joseph University Medical Center described their program to avoid the pitfall of overprescribing opioids.

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson boasts the busiest emergency room in the state and says it recently became the first emergency room in ...

Stemming the addiction crisis, starting in the emergency room. Where routinely prescribed opioid painkillers are being substituted with safer alternatives. Concerns about lead in the ...