This is the website for the ALTO (Alternatives to Opiates) Program which provides alternative treatments for some common pain conditions seen in emergency departments. The website provides background information on the program, contact information, and links to media coverage of the initiative.
This 2015 video from Dr. Andrea Rubinstein provides guidance to providers on how to work with patients to taper their opioid medication dosage. Includes a discussion on indications for tapering, 10 best practices for
This 2015 37 minute presentation from a Kaiser Permanente anesthesiologist reviews the evidence for opioid safety and efficacy in treating pain, describes potential complications and comorbidities that might complicate opioid prescribing, how to consider the risks and benefits when making a prescribing decision, and describes how to work with patients to mitigate risks if opioids are prescribed. Includes discussions of patient cases.
This one and half minute video tells the story of a veteran whose live was saved by naloxone during an opioid overdose, and who subsequently went on to save other’s lives. The message of the video is of the importance of naloxone distribution in communities to prevent overdose. Funding Source: We Are the Evidence Massachusetts
Website for Help & Hope West Virginia which provides resources to patients, prescribers, and community leaders addressing substance use disorder in the state. Includes resources aimed at youth prevention, opioid overdose and prevention, communities and first responders, access to treatment and support, and information about medication disposal. Funding Source: Federal Strategic Prevention Framework for Prescription Drugs Funds administered by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
This website provides information for patients and caregivers about what is chronic pain and how patients and their caregivers can optimally manage their pain to improve quality of life. Funding Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
This website contains the collected works of noted addiction and recovery researcher William L. White. It contains more than 300 articles, 20+ recovery tools, book and book chapters, and transcripts of more than 100 interviews with addiction treatment and recovery leaders. This repository has material on such topics as recovery advocacy, recovery oriented systems of care, and recovery management. Funding Source: Unknown
This video introduces advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNP) to the 2018 Washington opioid prescribing requirements. Washington regulations require ARNPs to complete a one hour continuing medical education (CME) course on the new requirements in order to prescribe opioids and this video along with its accompanying CME quiz meet the CME requirements.
This video introduces practitioners to the 2018 Washington opioid prescribing requirements for osteopathic physicians and physician assistants. Washington regulations require osteopathic practitioners to complete a one hour continuing medical education (CME) course on the new requirements in order to prescribe opioids and this video along with its accompanying CME quiz meet the CME requirements.
This is the main website for the Washington State Department of Health’s opioid prescribing rules. Includes information for patients and caregivers as well as health care providers and also includes information about the state’s prescription monitoring program. 12 alternative language versions of the materials are available, including