Author: Lynn Wilson

Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain: A Patient’s Guide

Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain: A Patient’s Guide

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than 50 Million adults in the US have chronic pain.

Working closely with healthcare providers to find effective treatment for chronic pain is important. This informational guide is designed to aid patients and their medical providers in their discussion about treatment options.

Chronic pain can affect sleep, lead to anxiety and fear, or weaken daily life coping strategies. Chronic pain can also affect family, coworkers and friends.

People living with chronic pain can experience stigma. This is when others do not think their pain is real, blame them for their pain, or feel the person just wants drugs.

Buprenorphine is a medication developed in the late 1960s. It was
first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for chronic
pain in 1981 and for opioid use disorder (OUD) in 2002. Studies show it is
safer than other opioids. Today it is used to treat moderate to severe
chronic pain and OUD.

Medication Reconciliation Action Plan

Mediation Reconciliation Action Plan

Medication Reconciliation (Med Rec), the practice of verification, clarification, and final reconciliation of medications during care transitions (admissions, discharges, and intra-facility transfers) is an important process for every facility and should be evaluated to ensure patient safety and quality. The Med Rec action plan provides templated SMART goals, links to resources such as the MARQUIS Toolkit, key action steps with PDSA cycles and associated SMART goals, and pre and post-test knowledge checks to help your facility strengthen its current practices and identify opportunities for improvement. By providing a structure to address the careful review of all medications, including high risk medications, supplements, topicals, eye drops, non-traditional, medicinal or recreational substances, other easily forgotten medications, and over-the-counter products, a facility can increase safety, reduce duplications and omissions, prevent errors, and mitigate the occurrence of adverse drug events (ADEs) and rehospitalizations related to transitions across the continuum of care.

IPRO Health Equity Action Framework

IPRO Health Equity Action Framework

Example IPRO Health Equity Action Framework

Presentation Slides 10/31/2024

The IPRO Health Equity Action Framework has 15 suggested actions that guide users through a logical process for more equitable care delivery. Organizations can use the Framework to help identify health disparities, the populations most impacted by those disparities, evidence-based interventions to address the disparities, performance measures to evaluate progress, and anticipated barriers and mitigators.

 

A Pathway to Transforming Patient Care through a Pain and Opioid Learning Health System (LHS) Collaborative (POLLC)

A Pathway to Transforming Patient Care through a Pain and Opioid Learning Health System (LHS) Collaborative (POLLC)

Webinar Recording

Slides and recording from a webinar about a learning community to advance Learning Health Systems to improve pain and opioid management, including implications of learning community activities and products for others. The webinar centers on a panel discussion of learning community benefits to participants and beyond.

CDC’s 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain for Healthcare Professionals

CDC’s 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids Training

This training highlights the 12 recommendations and information on implementation and includes patient scenarios.

Physicians, nurses, and other health professionals can receive free continuing education for this training by registering on CDC TRAIN. Search for course number WB4701 and complete the evaluation. WB4701 Accreditation Statement

CDC’s Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (Updated for Nov 2022 Guideline) Training

Training: CDC’s 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain

Highlights the 12 recommendations and information on implementation and includes patient scenarios.

Physicians, nurses, and other health professionals can receive free continuing education for this training by registering on CDC TRAIN. Search for course number WB4701 and complete the evaluation. WB4701 Accreditation Statement

Psychotropic Medication Change Package

Psychotropic Medication Change Package

This Psychotropic Change Package provides a resource with steps toward reducing and managing psychotropic medications in long term care. It includes step-by-step actions with several resources to help the facility plan its psychotropic reduction process, including
an Antipsychotic Action Plan template with SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timebound) goals.

The Patient, Family, and Care Partner Advisor Living Toolkit

The IPRO Patient, Family, and Care Partner Advisor Living Toolkit

The “Patient, Family and Care Partner Advisor (PFCA)” living toolkit outlines best practices and examples for including diverse experiences and voices in healthcare. This toolkit can guide individuals and organizations looking to incorporate patient-centered approaches into their decision-making processes, as well as for direct involvement of PFCA. This toolkit is a valuable resource for PFCAs and healthcare organizations. It is meant to be shared, discussed, and implemented across the healthcare ecosystem.

American Hospital Association Crisis Leadership Tip Sheets

https://www.aha.org/aha-clear/tipsheets

A collection of tip sheets that provide hospitals and health systems with tangible strategies to effectively prepare for and respond to varying emergency scenarios including natural disasters, cyberattacks, concurrent emergencies, mass violence incidents and emergencies in rural settings. Each tip sheet features real-world examples and is designed to enhance hospitals’ and health systems’ preparedness and response capabilities.