Integrating Public Health and Health Care Strategies to Address the Opioid Epidemic: The Oregon Health Authority's Opioid Initiative.

Context: Oregon is experiencing an opioid overdose epidemic, similar to the United States as a whole. To address this crisis, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) implemented a strategic Opioid Initiative, convening stakeholders and integrating public health and health care system activities across sectors. Recent data indicate progress: from 2015 to 2016, Oregon had the sharpest decline in prescription opioid overdose deaths of any state.