The opioid epidemic refers to the widespread misuse of both prescription and non-prescription opioid drugs in the United States and other countries. This crisis has led to a significant increase in opioid overdoses and deaths, along with profound social and economic consequences.
The Dakotas are impacted by this epidemic. North Dakota and South Dakota are both higher than the national average for opioid adverse drug events (ADEs), including deaths for high-risk patients. Increasingly, older adults are being admitted to the nursing home addicted to opioids; which may lead to falls, memory loss, confusion/delirium, loss of consciousness and/or increased hospitalizations to name just a few.
Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series
Two sessions of this MOUD series focused on navigating opioid use disorder in long-term care facilities. Dr. Jean Storm shares how nursing homes must be ready for residents who are on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) as well as those addicted, but not yet on a MOUD.
Navigating Opioid Use Disorder in Long-Term Care Facilities
| Part I: Recording | Presentation |
| Part II: Recording | Presentation |
This Series was a collaboration of all of the Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organizations hosted a Webinar Series offering strategies, interventions and targeted solutions to ensure access to MOUD treatment and facilitate the continuity of care through the continuum. This series’ focus was ensuring MOUD treatment within nursing home and hospital care transitions, but was appropriate for all care settings. Access the MOUD Series, including presentations and recordings.
The regular review of opioid and ADE data is a critical component of maintaining high standards of care, ensuring patient safety, and complying with regulatory requirements. We encourage your leadership and/or quality improvement team to review data and trend opioid ADEs in your facility and also review data for anticoagulants and antidiabetics; the other two high risk medications.
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Strategies for Opioid Misuse
- Awareness of Prescription Opioid Misuse: Recording
- Naloxone Training and Education: Recording
- Pathways for Safer Opioid Use: Recording
- Diversion: Recording
- Safe Opioid Prescribing Practices: Recording
- The Pharmacist’s Role: Recording
- Opioid Misuse and Adverse Drug Events: Recording
- A Patient-Centered Approach: Recording
Adverse Drug Events
- Strategies to Prevent Adverse Drug Events: Recording
- Tactics to Reduce ADE’s with Prescribing & Transcribing of Medications: Recording
- Dispensing and Administration: Recording
- How Care Coordination Can Help in Preventing ADE’s: Recording