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Sustaining Recovery for Patients on MOUD | Patients with pain should receive treatment that provides the greatest benefit. Opioids are not the first-line therapy for chronic pain outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Evidence suggests that nonopioid treatments, including nonopioid medications and nonpharmacological therapies can provide relief to those sufferin...

Sustaining Recovery for Patients on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) | Patients with pain should receive treatment that provides the greatest benefit. Opioids are not the first-line therapy for chronic pain outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Evidence suggests that nonopioid treatments, including nonopioid medications and nonpharmacological therapies...

Management of Patients on Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD): Key Takeaways and Series Wrap Up | Hear the key takeaways from the Opioid All Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) Series and wrap up. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Me...

Role of the ED Physician in the Treatment of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) | Basics & science of addiction and screening & initiating Medication for OUD (MOUD). Emergency Physicians are active participants in the quest of solutions to identify patients at risk for substance abuse while using reasonable prescribing guidelines to address the legitimate pain reliefs needs of their p...

Role of the Pharmacist in the Treatment of Patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) | Medication processes, addressing opioid adverse drug events (ADEs), risk assessment for opioid prescribing. Pharmacists play multiple roles for an effective opioid stewardship program. During this session, you will hear solutions to strengthen your medication process, how pharmacists lead and/or contribute to opio...

Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) 2.0 Interventions to Reduce Acute Care Transfers (INTERACT), Using Stop-and-Watch, and Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR). This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agen...

Strategies for recognizing, preventing, and reducing sepsis in skilled nursing facilities. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this...

Strategies for preventing and reducing pneumonia using adherance monitoring and feedback. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this...

HSAG HQIC will discuss action plans for quality improvement, including their key components and primary uses. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this mat...

HSAG HQIC will identify the four steps necessary to develop reliable processes as well as discuss the importance of process reliability. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)....

HSAG HQIC will identify the components of a SWOT analysis and discuss the uses and benefits for process improvement. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in t...

HSAG HQIC will discuss what process mapping entails and the steps of creating one, as well as explore the benefits of using the map for quality improvement.   This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and...

HSAG HQIC will review the stages of developing a team, including how to identify key members of a team and describe resources to keep your team organized.  This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Hum...

Examine specific strategies to reduce hospitalizations related to uninary tract infections (UTIs) and pneumonia. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). V...

HSAG will define rapid cycle improvement and review the steps for using this process as well as discussing key concepts to assist with successfully utilizing rapid cycle improvement for quality improvement initiatives. The speaker is Christine Bailey, Quality Improvement Organization Executive Director, HSAG.  This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Hospital Quality...

HSAG will define rapid cycle improvement and review the steps for using this process as well as discussing key concepts to assist with successfully utilizing rapid cycle improvement for quality improvement initiatives. The speaker is Christine Bailey, Quality Improvement Organization Executive Director, HSAG. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Hospital Quality I...

HSAG will describe what a SMART goal is and how to write one, and outline how to use these goals as part of the quality improvement process. The speaker for this podcast is Christine Bailey, Quality Improvement Organization Executive Director, Health Services Advisory Group. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Hospital Quality Improvement Contractor (HQIC) under...

Assess how patient engagement and shared decision-making can improve opioid safety and stewardship efforts. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views...

Explain the process of buprenorphine induction as well as the need for stablization and maintenance, develop an action plan with identified resources for MOUD induction, and understand x-waiver training options. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare &a...

Compare the risks of opioid and benzodiazepine overdoze and their co-involvement, characterize the approaches to reducing opioid/benzo co-prescribing, and identify best practices for discharge naloxone prescribing. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare...

Identify multiple roles of the pharmacist with opioid stewardship. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessa...

Explore a good discharge plan for pain management with and without opioids. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do no...

 Investigate the screening and diagnosis of opioid use, withdrawal, opioid use disorder, and overdose in all settings. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (H...

Explore the process of developing an opioid dashboard including metrics and reports as well as exploring system-wide guidelines. This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human S...

Identify what opioid stewardship (OS) is, how it impacts overdose deaths, who needs to be engaged in OS, and explore the right way to execute OS.  This material was prepared by Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), a Quality Innovation Network-Quality Improvement Organization (QIN-QIO) under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of...