Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): Patient Safety Care Plan

This resource is a patient safety care plan for patients treated in this hospital who have substance use disorders. It is one of the protocols and tools developed for Oregon Health & Science University’s Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) program which provides addiction medicine consultations to patients treated in the hospital who have a diagnosis of substance use disorder. Continue reading

Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): Approach to Acute Pain Management in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

This resource is a guide to treating acute pain in individuals with opioid use disorder seen in the hospital setting. It is one of the protocols and tools developed for Oregon Health & Science University’s Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) program which provides addiction medicine consultations to patients treated in the hospital who have a diagnosis of substance use disorder. Continue reading

Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): OHSU Pharmacy and Therapeutics Policy on use of Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder (Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Patients)

This resource is Oregon Health & Science University’s pharmacy and therapeutics policy on the use of medications (methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone) for opioid withdrawal management or opioid maintenance therapy in patients with opioid use disorder who are hospitalized or seen in the emergency department. Continue reading

Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): Withdrawal Management

This resource serves as a guide to managing opioid or alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients with substance use disorder. It is one of the protocols and tools developed for Oregon Health & Science University’s Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) program, which provides addiction medicine consultations to patients treated in the hospital who have a diagnosis of substance use disorder. Continue reading

Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT): Medications to Treat Substance use Disorders

This resource serves as a guide to beginning medication assisted treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder or alcohol use disorder in the hospital setting. It is one of the protocols and tools developed for Oregon Health & Science University’s Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) program, which provides addiction medicine consultations to patients treated in the hospital who have a diagnosis of substance use disorder. Continue reading

Spotlight: Aware Recovery Care

A brief overview of Aware Recovery Care (ARC) substance use disorder (SUD) treatment model that provides in-home treatment from a multidisciplinary team of professionals. Operational in Connecticut and New Hampshire, the ARC model provides individualized, flexible services that address common barriers to accessing treatment such as difficulties with scheduling, or transportation, and provides SUD treatment in the person’s home environment where they will maintain their recovery. A study found that patients in ARC treatment models had recovery rates six times higher than the national average. Part of the Addiction Policy Forum’s Spotlight series which highlights innovative programs to address the opioid crisis.

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