How An Algorithm Is Fighting The Opioid Epidemic | Mach | NBC News

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Workplace injuries are a primary cause of opioid prescriptions so Travelers Insurance – which is the largest Workers’ Compensation carrier – developed a system called the Early Severity Predictor, an algorithm-based model to predict which injured employees are at high risk of chronic pain, a condition that can lead to potential long-term opioid dependency.

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How An Algorithm Is Fighting The Opioid Epidemic | Mach | NBC News
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Wired recently published an article in regards to false flags due to pet's medication prescribed under their owners name, cancer patients with multiple prescriptions.
Now would be a good time for NBC News to revisit this piece.

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This is terrible!
Don’t Punish Pain!
Letting a computer block access to lifesaving medication. We are entering an age of of no accountability from doctors. They can just say, “sorry the computer says no”
Bíg tëćh is taking over this world ina negative way.

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