PROGRAM CANCELLED: Paving the Way for Evidence-Based Care across the Continuum

Join us as Seth Clark, MD & Juliette Holtzman, MSW from LifeSpan Addiction Medicine team share their approach to supporting individuals living with Opioid Use Disorder. Upon attending this session, participants will be able to: 1.       Identify key considerations to support uptake of patient-centered and evidence-based care. 2.       Explore promising practices for delivering treatment for […]

Ensuring Equitable Care: Understanding the Role of Trauma and Stigma in the Lives of Residents with a History of Addiction and Chronic Pain

Online via WebEx

IPRO and the Opioid Response Network (ORN) have developed an education series for use by nursing home staff educators. Our goal is to provide a resource to nursing homes/medical rehabilitation centers that supports your commitment to ensure all residents/patients receive equitable care. This education series will address the often missed, yet impactful issues of addiction, […]

Opioid Stewardship Affinity Group

Online via WebEx

WHAT IS AN AFFINITY GROUP? Affinity Groups highlight best practices, resources, and successful solutions to challenges. Opioid Stewardship Affinity Group attendees will: Discuss how to initiate/expand a hospital Opioid Stewardship program. Share best practices, resources, and successful solutions to challenges. Pose questions to subject matter experts (SMEs) who have implemented successful programs. Evaluate data and […]

Ensuring Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Treatment through the Care Continuum Webinar Series Session 1

Online via WebEx

More than 1 million Medicare beneficiaries had a diagnosis of opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2020. However, fewer than one in five received medication to treat this condition. In addition, the number of patients who stay in treatment after hospital discharge decrease drastically. This webinar series is a collaboration between all Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement […]

IPRO ECHO: When the Pain Won’t Stop Whole Person Care Addressing Chronic Pain Session 4

Online via Zoom

Chronic pain is a complex issue that is never solely biological. In this series we will explore the biopsychosocial view of pain. This includes three different domains of pain interacting at the same time. Pain is… biological (e.g., tissue damage, inflammation) psychological (e.g., thoughts and emotions affect pain, memories of pain) social/sociological (e.g., socioeconomic, gender, […]