Resources
Opioid Overdose Prevention Training
*CE for Physicians and Nurses Available* *NAB Credits Awarded* Overdose/Fentanyl poisoning continues to claim lives. Prevention is key! This event will cover prevention strategies as well as learning to recognize signs and symptoms of opioid overdose and how to respond in this medical emergency. DURING THIS SESSION, ATTENDEES WILL: 1. Identify ways to prevent overdose […]
Intermountain Health: Opioid Stewardship Health System Perspective
Intermountain Health reduced the number of opioid tablets prescribed to patients in acute pain by 3.8 million in 2018 and nearly 13 million cumulatively through June of 2023, reducing the risk of opioid dependency and misuse in Utah. In the early 2000s, the opioid epidemic hit the state of Utah and saw opioid overdose deaths […]
Salina Surgical Hospital (KS) Improves Pain Management and Decreases Opioid Use
As part of the HQIC program, Salina Surgical Hospital (SSH), a 16-bed hospital located in Salina, KS, identified that Opioid Reduction would be a meaningful project for their group since a large portion of the procedures performed in their facility were Total Joint surgeries. This provided a population of patients to work toward improved opioid […]
Athens-Limestone Hospital Committed to Opioid Stewardship and Reducing Patient Harm
Athens-Limestone Hospital, a 71-bed hospital in Athens, Alabama, is improving opioid stewardship by implementing steps to reduce patient harm from opioids through leadership commitment, partnership with physicians and forming an opioid stewardship committee. Previous improvement work in opioid stewardship was not continued during the COVID pandemic as the focus shifted to more urgent matters. An […]
Opioid Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) One-Pager
This resource provides information on adverse drug events for opioid medications.
Opioid Nursing Home Adverse Drug Event Checklist
This checklist, derived from the CMS ADE Trigger Tool, will aid nursing homes in identifying and preventing ADEs.
Reducing Opioid Misuse: Leveraging Alternative Pain Management Therapies | Jan. 11, 2024
Community of Practice Call
Pain Management for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
SUMMARY: The presentation will help health care professionals know the difference between buprenorphine and other opioids including its use in pain management and treatment of opioid use disorder. Specifically, recommendations regarding perioperative pain management. THE LEARNER WILL BE ABLE TO: Differentiate between the pharmacologic and pharmacokinetic characteristics that make buprenorphine a unique opioid. Review issues […]
Social Determinants of Health and the Opioid Epidemic
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) has claimed nearly 500,000 lives in the last two decades. With accidental overdoses identified as the U.S. leading cause of death for people under age 50, the statistics are overwhelming. Local communities are addressing the opioid crisis by filling the gaps related to an individual’s social determinants of health (SDoH) risks. […]
Signs of Opioid Addiction: Screening Tools to Assess Opioid Use Disorder and Referral to Treatment
This session will provide participants with information about the disease of opioid use disorder (including the elderly population); opioid pharmacology; stigma and drug addiction; harmful consequences of opioid abuse and basic approaches to prevent and treat opioid use disorders. The importance of universally screening patients for substance use disorder and opioid use disorder will also […]