Reducing the Risks of Fentanyl Use in the U.S. was created in response to the increasing number of drug overdose deaths across the United States. Developed with a team from the University of Pennsylvania Center for Addiction Medicine and Policy, the video highlights the impact of fentanyl on minorities. It also addresses the need for broad awareness and education about the risks of fentanyl exposure, the warning signs of possible overdose, and the use of naloxone to counteract an overdose.

Implementing Drug and Alcohol Screening in Primary Care is an interactive tool that walks providers through four steps for implementing drug and alcohol screenings in primary care settings.

These interactive graphics, created by the National Institute of Health Care Management, allow readers to visualize increases in racial disparities and synthetic opioids during COVID-19. They also demonstrate how the crisis of overdose deaths involving opioid use has not only grown in magnitude since 2000, but has also changed in character.

Official NQIIC outreach materials require publication numbers and disclaimers. Outreach materials are products (electronic or hard copy) that will be distributed outside NQIIC to any audience, including health professionals, stakeholders, information intermediaries, Medicare beneficiaries and media organizations or their representatives.

Official NQIIC outreach materials require publication numbers and disclaimers. Outreach materials are products (electronic or hard copy) that will be distributed outside NQIIC to any audience, including health professionals, stakeholders, information intermediaries, Medicare beneficiaries and media organizations or their representatives.

The Quality Improvement (QI) Times is an internal, electronic newsletter produced once a month by Data Validation Administrative and Contractor (DVA) Communications with news, resources and events for the Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC) community.

Quality Co-Op is a suite of new, members-only features on www.QIOProgram.org that launched on January 31, 2022 to encourage collaboration and coordination among NQIIC teams.