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Opioid Stewardship

Opioid Stewardship Resources

Alliant Resources

Physician Resources for Opioid Tapering
Opioid and Med Bag Intervention
Co-Prescribing Naloxone with Opioids
Coaching Package: ADE Opioids
Do's and Don'ts of Pain Medicine
Comfort Menu
Naloxone Tip Sheet
PEG Scale
Drug Disposal: Drug Take Back Locations
Medication Risk Alert: Opioids & Benzodiazepines
Co-Prescribing Opioids and Benzodiazepines Considerations for Physicians
Non-Opioid Pain Options for Your Patients

Diversion Resources

North Carolina Healthcare Association - An Introduction to The Coalition for Model Opioid Practices in Health Systems’ Diversion Prevention Toolkit (Nov. 2018)
ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Diversion of Controlled Substances

National Resources

VHA Clinical Tools
Actionable Patient Safety Solutions Opioid Induced Respiratory Depression
Treatment of Stimulant Use Disorders
CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Society of Hospital Medicine: Improving Pain Management for Hospitalized Medical Patients
Consumer Medication Safety High-Alert Medication Learning Guides
CDC Assessing and Addressing Opioid Use Disorder
IHI - Effective Strategies for Hospitals Responding to the Opioid Crisis
Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Program, ED Warm Handoff Protocol: Opioid Use Disorder
SAMHSA: PDMP Guide for Healthcare Providers
Colorado Hospital Association, 2019 Hospital Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Guidelines: Strategies for Hospitals and Hospital Based Clinicians to Decrease Rates of Opioid Overdose Death
The Joint Commission (TJC) Pain Management Standards for Accredited Organizations
US DHHS Safe Opioid Prescribing
IHI - How-to-Guide. Prevent Harm from High-Alert Medications
SAMHSA: Become a Buprenorphine Waivered Practitioner
SAMHSA's Practitioner Trainings
AHA: Opioid Stewardship Measurement Implementation Guide
HHS Releases New Buprenorphine Practice Guidelines

Opioid Articles

Reduce Risk of Opioid Overdose Deaths by Avoiding and Reducing Co-Prescribing Benzodiazepines
Opioid Use Disorder Assessment Tools and Drug Screening
Increase in Fatal Drug Overdoses Across the United States Driven by Synthetic Opioids Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AMA Issue Brief: Drug Overdose Epidemic Worsened During COVID Pandemic