More than 72,000 people died of a drug overdose last year – most of them due to opioids – and hospitals and health systems across the country are working hard to tackle the opioid epidemic, writes AHA Chair Nancy Howell Agee, president and CEO of Carilion Clinic, in an article in Becker’s Hospital Review. Agee describes a number of initiatives underway at her organization to address the challenges from all angles.