OVERVIEW

Illinois’ Response to the Opioid Crisis: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going is organized by Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS).

• Course opens: 04/29/2021
• Course expires: 04/29/2024

Course Description:
Since the passage of the Heroin Crisis Act in 2015, Illinois has made reducing opioid-related deaths in the state one of its top priorities. A State of Illinois Opioid Action Plan (SOAP) was developed on the basis of recommendations made by the Illinois Opioid Crisis Response Advisory Council, made up of State agencies, members of the General Assembly, statewide physician organizations like ISMS, other professional/trade organizations, community-based providers, county health departments, county coroners, hospitals, and local coalitions. But where does Illinois stand now? What strategies to reduce opioid-related deaths have been implemented, and how have they worked?

Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery (SUPR) Chief of Staff Danielle Kirby will discuss the SOAP, as well as the new challenges facing Illinois as it addresses the confluence of the COVID pandemic and opioid pandemic, and how it plans to target resources in communities that need them most.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to:
• Describe examples of gender disparities in medicine
• Articulate how gender equity is important to physician satisfaction and patient care
• List ways that organizations may strengthen their workforce with equitable practices