Via: Clinical Tools, Inc. Clinical Tools, Inc. is currently creating a new continuing clinical training based on Serious Games called Clinical Challenge | Alcohol , to be released in 2015. The project seeks to improve outcomes of patients with at risk alcohol use or an alcohol use disorder by improving the alcohol assessment and intervention skills of medical students. The personal, financial and other costs to society of at-risk drinking and alcohol use disorders are well known. 2012 estimates of past-month substance use include: · 17 million heavy drinkers · 59.7 million binge drinkers Approximately 88,000 alcohol-related deaths occurred annually from 2006 to 2010, making excessive alcohol use the third leading lifestyle-related cause of death. Estimates of the economic impact of alcohol exceed $224 billion, annually, including loss in workplace productivity, health care expenses, accidents, crime, and other destructive losses. The Clinica
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