Here are six selected recently published shorter-length videos, now posted to HealthShareTV, from national news organizations providing national perspectives on the opioid crisis in healthcare:

Combating America’s opioid crisis
6 min 48 sec - Fox Business via YouTube: Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove on health care reform and combating the opioid crisis....

CDC Report: Opioid Prescriptions Drop, But Not Enough | NBC Nightly News
1 min 45 sec - NBC News via YouTube: A newly released CDC report says the number of opioid prescriptions being written in the US dropped...

Opioids Are Still Overprescribed By Doctors, CDC Says
3 min 7 sec - Today via YouTube: Addiction to opioids is at epidemic levels across America, and while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

CDC releases new statistics on nation's opioid crisis
1 min 34 sec - Fox News via YouTube: Doctors are prescribing the drugs at triple the rate of just eight years ago; Jonathan Serrie reports...

Opioid Crisis & Killer Healthcare: VICE News Tonight Full Episode (HBO)
23 min 40 sec - [segment tarts at 7 min 10 sec] VICE News via YouTube: This is the June 22, 2017, FULL EPISODE of VICE News Tonight on HBO. VICE News reports...

Opioid addiction rates far exceed growth of medically assisted treatment, report finds
5 min 27 sec - PBSNewsHour via YouTube: A new report offers striking revelations about opioid use in the U.S. When insurance giant Blue Cross Blue Shield...