Improving SUD/OUD in Hospital Settings and Starting MAT in the Emergency Department

Improving SUD/OUD in Hospital Settings and Starting MAT in the Emergency Department is organized by Maine Medical Association, Center for Quality Improvement (MMA-CQI).

Description:
This module is intended to address the opioid-specific education requirements under Maine Public Law Chapter 488. At the end of this module, users will have more information on the experience of one Community Hospital when implementing a buprenorphine initiation program in their emergency department, as well as how to impact SUD/OUD care provided in the hospital setting through reducing stigma.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this module, participants will:

Part: 1
• Gain understanding of the background of the opioid crisis
• Gain understanding of the Yale Study and how it informed the work of Mid Coast Hospital
• Review the pathway development of Mid Coast Hospital
• Review the first 15 months worth of results gathered by Mid Coast Hospital since implementing their program to initiate Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department
• Challenges faced when implementing a program to initiate Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department and the lessons learned

Part 2:
Participants will be able to articulate the impact of untreated SUD/OUD’s in healthcare related to:
• Mortality,
• Cost and
• Access to Medical Standards of Care.
• Participants will be able to describe and identify hospital peer improvement strategies for SUD/OUD involved encounters related to
• Leadership
• Stigma Reduction
• Universal Risk Screening and
• Narcan and MAT Access Expansion

Table of Contents:
• Introduction
• Pre-Assessment
• Background on Opioid Epidemic and the Role of MAT in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
• Experience at Mid Coast Hospital
• Pathway Development
• Results, Challenges, and Lessons Learned
• Improving Care for SUD/OUD Involved Patient Encounters in a Hospital Setting
• Stigma and How to Address It
• Post-Assessment
• Evaluation Survey