Buprenorphine for Pain: A Transition Guide from Full Agonist Opioid Prescriptions is a tool intended to aid clinicians in switching patients off of full opioid agonists to buprenorphine, a partial mixed opioid agonist for pain management.
The information presented in this document should not be considered medical advice and is not a substitute for individualized patient or client care and treatment decisions.
Link to American Geriatrics Society Updated Beers Criteria.
Note: This is a link to an external website and may require Society membership to access this content.
The Buprenorphine Resource Guide is a resource that contains the various FDA-approved formulations of buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder and pain management. This resource guide also includes a brief history of buprenorphine and explains its analgesic effects.
reSET is intended to provide cognitive behavioral therapy, as an adjunct to a contingency management system, for patients 18 years of age and older, who are currently enrolled in outpatient treatment under the supervision of a clinician. reSET is indicated as a 12-week (90 day) prescription-only treatment for patients with substance use disorder (SUD), who are not currently on opioid replacement therapy, who do not abuse alcohol solely, or who do not abuse opioids as their primary substance of abuse.
reSET-O prescription digital therapeutic is a 12-week (84 day) software application intended to increase retention of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) in outpatient treatment by providing cognitive behavioral therapy, as an adjunct to outpatient treatment that includes transmucosal buprenorphine and contingency management, for patients 18 years or older who are currently under the supervision of a clinician. reSET-O is indicated as a prescription-only digital therapeutic.
This tool is designed to help post-acute and long-term care (PALTC) facilities collect data on medication discrepancies found upon admission for residents/patients discharged from the hospital to the PALTC.
Safer Medication Management for Better Transition of Care
SHM recognizes the importance of equipping hospital clinicians with evidence-based strategies to prescribe, document, and reconcile medications accurately and safely at times of care transitions.
Medication reconciliation, or med rec, is the process of compiling the most accurate list of medications a patient is taking to avoid dosing or other errors.
Take responsibility for med rec with your patients by:
Leading, coordinating or participating in med rec quality improvement efforts that incorporate best practices to improve patient outcomes.
Grasping key evidence-based interventions, such as obtaining the best possible medication history and effective discharge medication counseling.
Identifying patients who are at high risk for medication discrepancies due to the number and/or types of medications they are prescribed
This document is intended for use as a guide for nurse-to-nurse verbal communication of medication-related information required for safe patient transfer upon discharge from the sending to receiving facility.
The Plain Language Action and Information Network offers a variety of introductory classes on plain language. Plain language makes it easier for the public to read, understand, and use government and other communications. You may use their materials for self-study or to create your own class. The website includes videos, online training, train-the-trainer boot camp and tips for starting a plain language program.
Read about Medstar Washington Hospital Center’s intervention to address food insecurity as part of its Community Health Program, including helping employees who are food insecure.
This 1-hour online course is designed to provide education for health care providers and staff who are responsible for collecting Medicare patient data from LGBTQ persons. Throughout this course, these providers will be called health care providers. (Requires free registration with MLN)
Monthly newsletters with the latest health equity news, events, and tools to support your efforts in eliminating health care disparities within your health system and communities.
This Learning Toolbox focuses on cultural and linguistic competency and their importance for helping to eliminate disparities in the delivery of quality healthcare. The Toolbox includes a quick primer, and provides useful links to articles, tools, and resources.
This Learning Toolbox focuses on health literacy as an important determinant of health equity and outcomes. It includes a quick primer on health literacy, and provides links to articles, tools, and resources to improve the health literacy of organizations and patients.
This infographic describes the journey that social determinants of health (SDOH) data takes from the individual through the health system to data reporting as ICD-10-CM Z codes. It discusses data collection, documentation, coding and reporting. It contains resources to help implement programs to collect and report SDOH data in a manner that can lead to better health outcomes for individuals.
