Policymakers & Community Leaders

FAQs: Prehospital Opioid/Opiate Overdose Reporting for Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions to explain the state requirement that first responders — including fire, emergency medical services, and law enforcement — report suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and doses of naloxone administered.

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Payers & Providers

FAQs: Pharmacist Reporting

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions to explain the state requirement that pharmacists report naloxone doses dispensed to the state.

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Payers & Providers

FAQs: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions to explain the state requirement that health care providers report cases of neonatal opioid withdrawal (or neonatal abstinence syndrome) as part of the state’s enhanced opioid surveillance.

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Patients & Caregivers

FAQs: Naloxone

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions about the state’s naloxone distribution program and the requirement that health care providers and first responders report naloxone dispensing and administration.

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FAQs: Medical Examiners – Laboratory Toxicology Surveillance Panel

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

As part of Arizona’s enhanced opioid surveillance, the Arizona Department of Health Services laboratory tests blood samples collected from individuals with suspected opioid overdoses. The laboratory performs a qualitative analysis to detect standard narcotics, opioids, fentanyl

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Prehospital Opioid Overdose Reporting Tool

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The state of Arizona has a program for first responders to report any out-of-hospital suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and out-of-hospital use of naloxone to treat opioid overdose. The state asks first responders to report the information through the web-

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Data Use Agreement for Prehospital Opioid Overdose Reporting

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The state of Arizona has a program for first responders to report any out-of-hospital suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and out-of-hospital use of naloxone to treat opioid overdose. Emergency medical services, law enforcement and other first responder

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Prehospital Opioid/Opiate Overdose Reporting Reporting Tool Instructions for Law Enforcement and Non-AZ-PIERS EMS Agencies

Source: Arizona Department of Health Services

The state of Arizona has a program for first responders to report any out-of-hospital suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and out-of-hospital use of naloxone to treat opioid overdose. This document provides instructions for first responders on using the AZ-PIERS system to report overdose incidents.

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PBSS Data Brief: Patient Risk Measures for Controlled Substance Prescriptions in Idaho, 2012-2014

Source: Prescription Behavior Surveillance System - Brandeis University

The Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) collects deidentified data from state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to identify trends in controlled substance prescribing and dispensing and indicators of non-medical use and diversion. This 2016 report summarizes the data from Idaho’s PDMP.

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PBSS Data Brief: Decline in Patient Prescription Risk Measures in Florida, 2011-2015

Source: Prescription Behavior Surveillance System - Brandeis University

The Prescription Behavior Surveillance System (PBSS) collects deidentified data from state prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) to identify trends in controlled substance prescribing and dispensing and indicators of non-medical use and diversion. This 2016 report summarizes the data from Florida’s PDMP.

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