Reducing the Risks of Fentanyl Use in the U.S.
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
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.
Visualizing the Impact of the Opioid Overdose Crisis
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.
Superior Health’s Shine a Light on Stigma Campaign Highlights the Importance of Person-Centered Language to Improve Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Superior Health’s Shine a Light on Stigma Campaign Highlights the Importance of Person-Centered Language to Improve Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Health care professionals have made great strides to improve treatment for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). These include developing screening tools and implementing workflows to identify patients who need treatment. Other strategies include increasing the availability of treatment, adding recovery coaches and creating peer support groups to help guide patients to this care. Despite these improvements, only 1 in 10 people with SUD receives treatment.
Medicare and You Handbook
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) “Medicare & You” handbook is mailed to all Medicare households each fall. It includes a summary of Medicare benefits, rights, and protections; lists of available health and drug plans; and answers to frequently asked questions about Medicare.
ROADE Work Syllabus
The Eastern U.S. Quality Improvement Collaborative (HANYS Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor) developed a syllabus for its ROADE Work series, a comprehensive and strategic approach in the opioid adverse drug event initiative. The opioid programming is concentrated into a “sprint,” using rapid-cycle change principles in order to see a large impact in a short amount of time.
Opioid Prescriber Safety and Support (OPSS) Fact Sheet
This resource, produced by the Data Validation and Administrative (DVA) contractor, was developed for Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors (NQIIC) to share with health care providers, partners and communities. It describes the Opioid Prescriber Safety and Support (OPSS) initiative and how data is used in the initiative to make care safer for people with Medicare.