Opioid Lunch and Learn Series: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Starts Here: How EDs and Medical/Surgical Units Can Connect Patients to Treatment.

Noon - 1 p.m.

Registration is open to HANYS Members and Non-Members.

HANYS’ Statewide Opioid Addiction Prevention and Management Collaborative supports members’ efforts to improve the delivery of care to patients experiencing opioid addiction and manage the care of patients with substance use disorders. Our Opioid Lunch and Learn sessions focus on key themes identified through member feedback in regional roundtable sessions, including alternative pain management, coordination of care, data implications, stigma, and prescribing practices and protocols.

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Starts Here: How EDs and Medical/Surgical Units Can Connect Patients to Treatment

Speaker:

Hannah Snyder, MD, principal investigator, SHOUT; assistant professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UCSF at Zuckerberg San Francisco General

This webinar will provide attendees with resources for hospital based buprenorphine and methadone starts. It will outline the key principles of rapid treatment starts in ED and inpatient settings. It will also discuss key supports including:

• The UCSF Clinician Consultation Center’s Substance Use Warmline, which provides free, point-of-care clinician support for any questions regarding substance use, from straightforward to challenging

• The California Bridge Project (formerly Project SHOUT and ED Bridge), which provides ED and inpatient protocols and materials for implementing opioid use disorder treatment

At the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• understand the role of acute care hospitals in opioid use disorder treatment;
• articulate steps for rapidly starting medications for opioid use disorder (buprenorphine, methadone) in emergency and acute care settings;
• understand clinical resources available to all hospital-based providers, including the national Substance Use Warmline and California Bridge Project; and
• understand the importance of planning linkages to continued opioid use disorder treatment from acute care settings.

Make sure you registered for the following Opioid Lunch and Learn Series webinar on June 13 - Click here for more details.

Login and Event Materials
Login details will be automatically emailed upon registration. Handouts and session slides will be available for download during the session (when available).

Registration Deadline
Please register online by May 15 in order to receive any necessary updates/information about this event.

If you have questions regarding registration please contact Registration Support at learning@hanys.org or at (518) 431-7867.