Podcasts about opioid task force

In this episode, join moderator Brea Burmeister and experts Dr. Scott Weiner and Dr. Arjun Venkatesh as they explore how quality measures can transform opioid use disorder (OUD) care in emergency departments. Discover innovative metrics, quality improvement initiatives, and EHR data integration to optimize patient outcomes. Learn about overcoming barriers like stigma and resource shortages and get key recommendations from recent OUD treatment studies. Perfect for healthcare professionals and anyone interested in advancing OUD care.What You'll Learn:Challenges and opportunities of addressing the opioid epidemic in emergency medicineACEP's work on metrics and the development of quality improvement measuresKey quality initiatives to enhance OUD care and reduce harmThe barriers to adopting these initiatives and strategies to overcome themRecommendations based on recent studies in OUD treatment and medicationMODERATOR: Brea BurmeisterMember, CHIME Opioid Task ForceBio: With 23 years in healthcare, Brea specializes in managing relationships within Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) Health Systems, regional Group Practices, and Specialty Pharmacy accounts. She strengthens value-based care models by developing strategic plans, analyzing performance data, improving care coordination, and implementing process improvements. Brea's work enhances patient outcomes and experiences while reducing costs. Additionally, her volunteer work with the Opioid Task Force reflects her commitment to public health advocacy and community well-being.GUEST: Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, FAAEM, FACEP, FASAMEmergency and Addiction Medicine Physician, Brigham and Women's HospitalAssociate Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolCo-chair, Clinical Advisory subcommittee, CHIME Opioid Task ForceBio: Dr. Weiner is the McGraw Distinguished Chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and addiction medicine. He is an active researcher, working on multiple projects that focus on prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder.GUEST: Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHSChair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of MedicineChief, Emergency Medicine, Yale New Haven HospitalBio: Dr. Venkatesh is Chair and Chief of Emergency Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine and Yale New Haven Hospital. He has received over $ 12 million in funding by the NIH, CMS, AHRQ, and CDC to develop measures and interventions that improve acute care outcomes and value. He has supported CMS's development of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings, has led the development of quality measures for the Clinical Emergency Data Registry, and is PI of the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL). His work has produced over 200 publications and been implemented in numerous national quality and value programs. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Medicine, a proud graduate of the HAEMR Class of 2012 often referred to as the Greatest Class Ever, and completed the RWJF Clinical Scholars Program at Yale.Additional Resources:ACEP E-QUAL opioid initiativeCedr

Joy Gilfilen, host of iChange Justice podcast talks with Lee Rusch, Director of the Westside Heroin and Opioid Task Force about the issues facing families who are dealing with Fentanyl, Homelessness, Narcon and why it matters. Lee has been working in social services for almost 40 years on the streets of Chicago, so his knowledge is broad, strong, and based on lived-experience of helping families in crisis. He is clear that educating families is essential in this world. Lee talks about the historical trends in policing and policy-making have contributed to the problems we have today; then how simply becoming aware of the patterns can affect change in your community! He talks easily about common sense things that can save lives!

Joy Gilfilen, host of iChange Justice podcast talks with Lee Rusch, Director of the Westside Heroin and Opioid Task Force about the issues facing families who are dealing with Fentanyl, homelessness, Narcon and why it matters. Lee has been working in social services for almost 40 years on the streets of Chicago, so his knowledge is broad, strong, and based on lived experience of helping families in crisis. He is clear that educating families is essential in this world. Lee talks about the historical trends in policing and policy-making have contributed to the problems we have today; then how simply becoming aware of the patterns can affect change in your community! He talks easily about common sense things that can save lives!

Legal leaders from Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas discuss how their organizations acquired opioid settlement funds and the impactful legal services they are providing to those affected by opioid use disorder on LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast. A 2019 report from LSC's Opioid Task Force describes the need for civil legal services in response to the opioid epidemic.

Legal leaders from Arkansas, Kentucky and Texas discuss how their organizations acquired opioid settlement funds and the impactful legal services they are providing to those affected by opioid use disorder on LSC's “Talk Justice” podcast. A 2019 report from LSC's Opioid Task Force describes the need for civil legal services in response to the opioid epidemic.

The Franklin County, Massachusetts, Opioid Task Force has come a long way since its inception in 2011. Across a 30-town region in rural Western Mass, the Opioid Task Force is a 400-member entity working to address the impact of the Opioid epidemic. While this Task Force is involved with social policy work around the Opioid crisis, it is their focus to support prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery efforts. Feel free to reach out with questions or comments to: lisa@whmp.com

As a Pain Management Physician, Dr. Sharma knew the key to treating pain was treating the whole person, not just the symptoms. She also knew she wanted to share more information with patients than what she could fit into an appointment. This led to writing, The Pain Solution: 5 Steps to Relieve and Prevent Back Pain, Muscle Pain, and Joint Pain without Medication. This best selling book, written with empathy and scientific savvy by Dr. Sharma, offers a personalized and innovative five-step pain relief program built on what she calls “microboosts,” little steps that add up to big results. Illustrated with inspiring patient examples and personal stories, her drug-free plan will enable you to: understand the unique factors contributing to your pain develop a path to resuming your most cherished activities add easy food microboosts to reduce inflammation and support your pain-fighting gut microbiome move better, at home and at work, to release natural neurochemical painkillers recharge and recover through sleep, mindfulness, stress reduction, and supportive social relationships More than just a road map to less pain, this is a guide to the greater joy, health, and well-being that every person deserves.    Links Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Solution-Relieve-Prevent-Medication/dp/1608687937 Dr. Sharma's Website: https://www.salonisharmamd.com/ Dr. Sharma's Instagram for daily info: https://www.instagram.com/salonisharmamd/ Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center: https://rothmanortho.com/oihc   About our Guest: Dr. Sharma is dual board-certified rehabilitation medicine and pain management. She is medical director of the Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center at Rothman Orthopaedics, and specializes in musculoskeletal pain, employing a multi-modal approach including the use of acupuncture. Dr. Sharma has studied Lifestyle Medicine, Functional Medicine, and Integrative Medicine through the Andrew Weil program at University of Arizona. She has studied yoga and meditation at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, India and mindfulness at Thomas Jefferson University. She studied acupuncture at Harvard University and completed Stanford's Physician Wellbeing Director Course. At a national level, Dr. Sharma serves as Co-Chair for Spine & Pain Rehabilitation for the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, on the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and on a national Opioid Task Force. Furthermore, she continues to support alternatives to opioids and has directed a national physician course on navigating the opioid crisis. She is a Top Doctor (multiple years in a row as voted for by her peers). Dr. Sharma served as a Chief Resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and as Chief Fellow at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. A popular speaker at Google and an award-winning clinical assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, she lives near Philadelphia. More information at www.salonisharmamd.com.

Joy Gilfilen, host of iChange Justice podcast talks with Lee Rusch, Director of the Westside Heroin and Opioid Task Force about the issues facing families who are dealing with Fentanyl, homelessness, Narcon and why it matters. Lee has been working in social services for almost 40 years on the streets of Chicago, so his knowledge is broad, strong, and based on lived experience of helping families in crisis. He is clear that educating families is essential in this world. Lee talks about the historical trends in policing and policy-making have contributed to the problems we have today; then how simply becoming aware of the patterns can affect change in your community! He talks easily about common sense things that can save lives!

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Building CIO Knowledge On a Strong Foundation In this week's 30th Anniversary Podcast episode, Bill Reed engages in a thoughtful discussion with Russ Branzell about CHIME's founding and how CHIME builds CIO knowledge. Bill is a founding Member of CHIME, the 1994 CHIME Board Chair, a CHIME Fellow, and Winner of the 1995 CHIME CIO of the Year award. Through CHIME's programs, materials, conferences, legislative advocacy, and social initiatives (like the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative and the Opioid Task Force), CHIME strengthens and builds upon CIOs' knowledge and skills. Bill shares lessons learned through his 40 years of experience in health IT. He is currently the executive vice president and partner at Huntzinger Management Group. He also served as CIO of Geisinger Health System, Quantum Health Resources, and Gentiva Health Services. He was president and CEO of AllOne Health Group and executive vice president and COO of Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Through it all, Bill has remained an active Member of CHIME, devoted to the development of knowledge and the advancement of healthcare IT.

In this week's 30th Anniversary Podcast episode, Russ Branzell chats with Ed Kopetsky. Ed is CHIME's 1998 Board Chair, SVP & CIO, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, a founding Member of CHIME, and winner of the 2018 CHIME CIO of the Year award. From the very first CHIME meeting ever where the focus was a pivotal shift toward patient experience to improving provider/vendor relationships and a commitment to “service leadership”, Ed shares his CHIME journey. Ed believes that with mentorship, “what goes around comes around”. “Learn, share, and give to others, and it all comes back.” Ed is a strong supporter of the Opioid Task Force, which he helped pioneer after his son lost a battle with opioid addiction. Tune in to benefit from Ed's many nuggets of wisdom and his vast experience in health IT. 1998 BOARD CHAIR Ed Kopetsky, LCHIME, FCHIME SVP & CIO Stanford Children's Health

Paramedics are doing more than naloxone for drugs overdoses. They are starting addiction treatment and Suboxone right on the streets.  Listen to Martha Waller and Tara Tucker talk about their prehospital Suboxone project. This is a pilot project and there are still kinks to work out before this can be implemented on a wide scale. But Martha and Tara are innovators, think outside the box, and bring hope and solutions to the issue of addiction. Martha Waller, Ph.D. Dr. Martha Waller is a Senior Program Evaluator I and has been with PIRE since 2003. She received her Ph.D. in Maternal and Child Health with a minor in Epidemiology from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2005 and her M.A. in Social and Experimental Psychology from New Mexico State University in 1999. Dr. Waller was a Fellow in the Maternal and Child Health-Public Health Leadership Institute (MCH-PHLI). This prestigious Fellowship is a year-long leadership development program targeted to upper-level leaders in State Title V programs, family advocacy, and other organizations that work on behalf of and promote healthy families, particularly the maternal and child health populations in the US and its territories. Dr. Waller has served as lead evaluator for the New Mexico Office of Substance Abuse Prevention since 2007, evaluating the SAMHSA funded NM SPF SIG, SPE, PFS II, PFS 2015, SPF Rx, and PDO grants and all SAPT Block grant substance abuse prevention programming. She has extensive experience working with communities and state agencies to build capacity around each step of the SPF model including needs assessment, building community readiness and coalition capacity, strategic planning, program implementation, evaluation, cultural competency, and sustainability. She also leads a grant from the National Center for Responsible Gaming to assess problem gambling among at-risk youth and adults in NM. Most recently, she received a NIDA R21 to evaluate an innovative approach to opioid overdose prevention in Forsyth County, NC where community paramedics create a bridge to MAT immediately following reversal by offering up to seven days of buprenorphine while collaborating with peer navigators to provide motivational interviewing and support until the person is enrolled in MAT. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina also funded Dr. Waller to conduct a similar study in Stanly County, NC. Dr. Waller has worked on several NIH longitudinal studies using Add Health data examining health behaviors and outcomes among adolescents and young adults, with a particular focus on mental health, substance use, sexual risk taking, and sexual orientation. She led an NIAAA R03 that examined the role of alcohol outlet density on drinking behaviors and intimate partner violence using Add Health. Finally, Martha led an Indian Health Services grant to provide evaluation training and TA to eleven Tribal HPDP grantees across the county. Her research interests include exploring the effect of environmental characteristics associated with risk behavior and health disparities and environmental-level prevention strategies particularly among adolescent and young adult populations. She enjoys being involved in both research and evaluation opportunities. Tara Tucker, Paramedic Tara is a Paramedic and Mental Health Professional, leads Forsyth County's Opioid Task Force. She has been instrumental in pulling together community partners to work on fighting the opioid epidemic from a variety of angles. Currently, she serves as a Captain with Forsyth County Emergency Services and developed the foundation for their Mob

Data collection and monitoring are essential to understanding a community's health needs and health trends. Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department Data Analyst Stephanie Wood, also a consultant to the county's Opioid Task Force, explains how numbers significantly influence important health policy decisions. https://www.tpchd.org/healthy-people/opioid-treatment-services #thekeyproject2endoverdose --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/elevate-health/message

Producers/Hosts: Jim Campbell and Amy Browne This series is made possible in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission Maine: The Way Life Could Be, a series in which we look at challenges and opportunities facing Maine in the lifetimes of people alive today. This episode: At the outset of this series, we invited anyone interested to participate in a Zoom call to help us gather information on what folks saw as major challenges facing Maine people during the lifetime of those alive today. One of those challenges mentioned by several of the participants on that call was affordable and accessible health care. It's important to note right at the beginning of today's program that health care and health insurance are two different things that are sometimes conflated. Health care refers to the care that providers such as doctors, nurses, therapists, and others provide to people with health issues. How to pay for that care is a separate challenge, often provided in part by either for-profit insurance companies or government programs such as Medicaid, for those with very low incomes; or Medicare, for those age 65 and over. On today's program, we will speak with two retired physicians who, over long careers, took somewhat different paths but wound up at the same conclusion about how to provide Maine people, and all Americans, with affordable, accessible health care. Guests: Dr. Geoff Gratwick practiced medicine with a specialty in rheumatology in the Bangor area, and in clinics across Maine for over 40 years. He eventually became so concerned about what he saw as problems with Mainers getting access to quality health care that he ran for the Maine Senate after serving 9 years on the Bangor City Council. He served four terms in the Maine Senate before leaving because of term limits, and while there served on the Opioid Task Force, as well as on several legislative committees. He was a key player in establishing the state's Health Care Task Force which has been charged with determining how to make health care in Maine universal, affordable, accessible and of high quality. Dr. Phil Caper, in addition to practicing as a physician, spent a good part of his career in policy areas related to health care. From 1971 to 1976, he was a professional staff member on the United States Senate Labor and Public Welfare's subcommittee on Health. He served on the National Council on Health Planning and Development from 1977 to 1984, chairing the panel from 1980 to 1984. He has also taught at Dartmouth Medical School, the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health, and worked in private industry trying to improve the technology of hospital medical records. Both guests are active with Maine AllCare FMI: Maine AllCare From the National Bankruptcy Forum, 10/22/21: 10 Statistics about US Medical Debt that Will Shock You Health care executive pay soars during pandemic, Bob Herman, AXIOS, Jun 14, 2021 Universal health care could have saved more than 338,000 lives from COVID-19 alone, Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, June 13, 2022 Sudden resolution of Anthem and Maine Med dispute leaves more questions than answers, Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News, 8/20/22 2022 Maine Shared Community Health Needs Assessment Report Hidden charges, denied claims: Medical bills leave patients confused, frustrated, helpless, Joe Lawlor, Portland Press Herald, 8/21/22 About the hosts: Jim Campbell has a longstanding interest in the intersection of digital technology, law, and public policy and how they affect our daily lives in our increasingly digital world. He has banged around non-commercial radio for decades and, in the little known facts department (that should probably stay that way), he was one of the readers voicing Richard Nixon's words when NPR broadcast the entire transcript of the Watergate tapes. Like several other current WERU volunteers, he was at the station's sign-on party on May 1, 1988 and has been a volunteer ever since doing an early stint as a Morning Maine host, and later producing WERU program series including Northern Lights, Conversations on Science and Society, Sound Portrait of the Artist, Selections from the Camden Conference, others that will probably come to him after this is is posted, and, of course, Notes from the Electronic Cottage. Amy Browne started out at WERU as a volunteer news & public affairs producer in 2000, co-hosting/co-producing RadioActive with Meredith DeFrancesco. She joined the team of Voices producers a few years later, and has been WERU's News & Public Affairs Manager since January, 2006. In addition to RadioActive, Voices, Maine Currents and Maine: The Way Life Could Be, Amy also produced and hosted the WERU News Report for several years. She has produced segments for national programs including Free Speech Radio News, This Way Out, Making Contact, Workers Independent News, Pacifica PeaceWatch, and Live Wire News, and has contributed to Democracy Now and the WBAI News Report. She is the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Environmental Journalism Award from the Sierra Club of Maine, and Maine Association of Broadcasters awards for her work in 2017 and 2021. The post Maine: The Way Life Could Be 9/6/22: Health- Care & Insurance first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Looking Back, Stepping Up & Letting Go In today's 30th Anniversary podcast, we welcome our Board Chair from 2004, Jim Turnbull. Jim is a Lifetime CHIME Member with a 47-year professional career in the health care industry. He retired as CIO of the University of Utah Health in 2020, and before that, served as the Senior VP & CIO of The Children's Hospital in Denver. Jim was awarded the 2012 CIO of the Year Award and he co-founded the Opioid Task Force with Ed Kopetsky in 2018. Join Russ and Jim as they discuss impactful moments of Jim's professional journey; why the Opioid Task Force is such a personal and passionate project for Jim; the power of partnerships, trust and friendship; and encouraging future leaders by getting out of the way and letting go of the reigns. Jim Turnbull, LCHIME Former CIO CHIME Board Chair 2004

Welcome to MedCast, the podcast from MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society. In episode six, Dr. Stephen Rockower hosts Dr. Gary Pushkin, an Orthopedic Surgeon based in Baltimore. Dr. Pushkin shares his insider's view on MedChi's Opioid taskforce, and his time as President of MedChi. Well before he became MedChi President in 2018, Dr Gary Pushkin was passionate about educating physicians about the dangers of overprescribing opioids. In 2017, Dr. Pushkin founded MedChi's first Opioid Task Force, an interdisciplinary workgroup that aimed to evaluate, develop, and share balanced, evidence-based, and effective responses to the opioid epidemic in Maryland. Then, stick around for a look at the debate on restrictive covenants and other issues in medicine in Maryland.You'll find it all right here, on MedCast.Be sure to tune in next time! 

This week's theme is HOPE represented by the Azalea flower NFT. With recovery advocate Aaron Marks, we explore the biological and emotional impact of substance use. This knowledge comes from his own 17 years in recovery. He asks a very simple question to make addiction clear: If you were very thirsty or hungry, what would you do to fix that? He is a leader in the space as the Co-founder of Misfit Robots, an NFT project building out Mental Health as a Service in Web3, President of the Board at a non profit treatment center, the Chair of the Prevention and Education Subcommittee for the US Attorney's Opioid Task Force, a public speaker, and fierce advocate for reducing the stigma surrounding mental health and substance use disorder. To keep the lights on he works in blockchain/crypto payments as the Transaction Services Sales Director at Circle.Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfromCLE and @misfitrobotsLinkedIn: https://LinkedIn.com/in/aarondmarksCollect the Azalea NFT with its vibrant feeling of hope, even when life is its most challenging.Find encouragement to practice with the Gratitude Blooming cards in our metagarden community on discord: https://discord.gg/MeRrhxKax4We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. You can always email us at hello@gratitudeblooming.com. We want to hear from you! Check out the new Gratitude Blooming journaling notecards at www.gratitudeblooming.com.Anita ChatAnita Chat is the podcast for growth-oriented goal-getter women looking to level up!Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

The number of drug overdose deaths in the US more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2019, and opioid overdose was declared a national public health emergency in 2017. Nationally, overdose deaths were the highest on record in 2020 with over 91,000 drug-involved overdose deaths and over 68,000 opioid-involved overdose deaths reported. New York State is no exception to the trend –drug-involved overdose deaths increased by 37% between 2019 and 2020, and overdose deaths involving any opioid increased by 44% during the same period for an average of nearly 12 deaths every day. In response to the growing crisis, New York State convened a Heroin and Opioid Task Force in May 2016and on November 30th, 2021 New York became the first US city to open officially authorized Overdose Prevention Centers. Overdose Prevention Centers are an evidence-based approach to preventing overdose deaths adopted by countries around the world, however they remain unsanctioned in the US. They offer supervised, hygienic spaces for people who use drugs to do so safely, and provide a connection to health promoting services, such as harm reduction, medical care, mental health therapy, drug treatment and social supports. In addition, Overdose Prevention Centers improve individual and community health, increase public safety and reduce the social consequences of drug use. Opponents view the Centers as magnets for drug use, however the New York State Department of Health announced that in their first three months of operation, the Centers were used more than 9,500times and staff on-site averted more than 150overdoses to prevent injury and death. New York Harm Reduction Educators: https://nyhre.org/  Washington Heights CORNER Project: https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonHeightsCORNERProject/  February 2022 NYSDOH Epi Data Brief: Basic Needs among People who Use Opioids in NewYork City during the COVID-19 Pandemic https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/epi/databrief131.pdf  NYSDOH New York State County Opioid Quarterly Report (April 2022): https://health.ny.gov/statistics/opioid/data/pdf/nys_apr22.pdf  Levengood, T.W., Yoon, G.H., Davoust, M.J., Ogden, S.N., Marshall, B.D.L., Cahill, S.R., & Bazzi, A.R. (2021). Supervised injection facilities as harm reduction: a systematic review. Am J Prev Med,61(5):738-749. doi: 10.1016/j.amere.2021.04.17  Kral, A.H., Lambdin, B.H., Wenger, L.D., & Davidson, P.J.(2020). Evaluation of an unsanctioned safe consumption site in the United States. N Engl J Med,383:589-590. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2015435 

Are you one of the millions of adults dealing with back pain? Did the pandemic make it worse? Do you wish you could manage your pain with less or no medication? Pain specialist Dr. Saloni Sharma joins us today to talk about her new book and her drug-free approach to pain relief and prevention. Keep listening to find out lots more!Saloni Sharma, MD, LAc is dual board-certified in physical medicine & rehabilitation and pain management. She is medical director of the Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center at Rothman Orthopaedics, and specializes in the non-operative care of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction, employing a multi-modal approach including the use of acupuncture. Dr. Sharma has studied Lifestyle Medicine, Functional Medicine, and Integrative Medicine through the Andrew Weil program at the University of Arizona. She has studied yoga and meditation at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, India as well as mindfulness at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She studied acupuncture at Harvard University and completed Stanford's Physician Wellbeing Director Course. At a national level, Dr. Sharma serves as Co-Chair for Spine & Pain Rehabilitation for the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, on the AAPM&R Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and on a national Opioid Task Force. Furthermore, she continues to support alternatives to opioids and has directed a national physician course on navigating the opioid crisis. She has been voted a Top Doctor multiple years in a row by her peers. Dr. Sharma is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, has published numerous research articles and textbook chapters, and continues to teach and lecture to residents and medical students. Her teaching skills were recognized with the Dean's Award for Excellence in Education at Sidney Kimmel Medical College.  Her upcoming book, The Pain Solution, is a drug-free approach to pain relief and prevention.

March 15th Court Leader's Advantage Podcast Episode In our last two episodes on mental health and the courts we talked about the fact that traditional criminal case management is not meeting the needs of the people we serve. We must develop a new comprehensive and collaborative model. We need to create a fair and effective caseflow management system that meets the challenges of those with behavioral health needs. There are estimates that up to 70% of the individuals seen in our criminal courts today have behavioral health issues. Currently, state courts do not generally have systems in place to help those with these challenges. This need is made even more urgent with the pandemic and the resulting case backlogs. We must find a new model to strengthen the collaborative court and community response to individuals with behavioral health needs. This month is the third of our five-episode discussion with members of the National Judicial Task Force to Examine State Courts' Response to Mental Illness. Some of the topics we will explore include: · What is this new collaborative model for addressing caseflow management? · What are the four pillars that make up the new caseflow management model? · How can court administrators integrate this new model into a court's existing practices and · What resources are available for us to use now? Our panel today includes: The Honorable Paula Carey is recently retired Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Trial Courts She was appointed Chief Justice of the Trial Court in July 2013 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Prior to that time, she had served as the Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court beginning in October 2007. She was appointed an Associate Justice of the Norfolk Probate and Family Court in 2001. Chief Justice Carey partnered with the Court Administrator in the oversight of the Massachusetts Trial Court, which is comprised of seven court departments with 385 judges, 6,400 court staff, including Probation and Security, and 99 court facilities. They jointly direct the implementation of Strategic Plan 3.0, which targets priorities such as user experience, judicial excellence, operational excellence and diversity, equity and inclusion. She served on the Council of State Governments Working Group and on Governor Baker's Opioid Task Force and has worked on National Initiatives in the areas of Substance Use disorders and Behavioral Health. Prior to her appointment to the bench in January 2001, Chief Justice Carey was a partner in the firm of Carey & Mooney, PC, where she specialized in domestic relations matters. She has lectured and authored material for numerous publications and educational programs in the area of domestic relations, diversity equity and inclusion as well as substance use disorder and behavioral health both as a practitioner and as a judge. She is a graduate of New England Law/Boston. Donald E. Jacobson is a Senior Special Projects Consultant with the Arizona Supreme Court. He began his court career working as a bailiff, law librarian and assistant administrator in the Superior Court in Coconino County. Having served as a court administrator, consultant and trainer in both general jurisdiction and limited jurisdiction courts throughout Arizona over the past 28 years he is sought out as a Subject Matter Expert in court financial management, change management, performance measures, improving court performance and system structure. Don received a B.S. in Engineering, with an emphasis in Electrical Engineering, from Northern Arizona University (NAU) in 1979, and received his M.A., with Honors, from Denver Seminary in 1984. He is a 1999 Fellow of the Institute for Court Management.

As detailed in a Mother Jones exposé, the AMA has a long, cozy relationshipwith Big Pharma, including Purdue PharmaThe AMA's pain management training program for physicians implied thatdoctors were too tentative to give patients these pills and “the effectiveness ofopioid therapy may be undermined by misconceptions about their risks”The AMA's pain management training program was developed by a team withclose ties to the industryPurdue Pharma gave more than $3 million in donations to the AMA and the AMAFoundation from 2002 to 2018Richard Sackler, who served as the president of Purdue Pharma, was a memberof the AMA Foundation's board of directors from 1998 to 2004While being dependent on prots from commercial endeavors and receivingheavy funding from Big Pharma, the AMA functions as a trade group whileportraying itself as independentIn October 2020, opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma pleaded guiltyto three felony counts of criminal wrongdoing and agreed to an $8.3billion settlement with the Department of Justice over theirproduction and marketing of Oxycontin and other opioid drugs.1-"The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to anational tragedy of addiction and deaths, in addition to those caused byillicit street opioids," said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen in anews release.2 In 2019, opioid overdoses were responsible for nearly 50,000deaths in the U.S., with the misuse of and addiction to opioids described asa national crisis.3The pandemic has only worsened the crisis. From December 2019 toDecember 2020, there were 93,331 estimated overdose deaths in the U.S.,which represents a 29.4% increase in 12 months.4Opioids, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine, accounted for the majority ofdeaths — 69,031 — followed by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl andtramadol.5The most recent data on opioid overdose deaths can be viewed via theCDC's 12-month provisional number of drug overdose deaths by drug ordrug class dashboard — due to a small percentage still pendinginvestigation, numbers may change slightly upon final analysis.6On their website, the American Medical Association (AMA), whose missionis to "promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of publichealth, "7 states that its Opioid Task Force is "committed to providingevidence-based recommendations and leadership to help end the opioidepidemic."8However, as detailed in a Mother Jones exposé, AMA has a long, cozyrelationship with Big Pharma, including Purdue Pharma. "The prestigiousdoctor's group has made it virtually impossible to discern where publichealth guidance ends and industry interests begin," writer Julia Lurie writesin Mother Jones.9'How to Create an Addict Education'In 2007, Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty to felony charges of misbrandingwith intent to defraud and mislead the public and physicians aboutOxycontin's dangers.Several months later, the AMA released their new pain managementtraining program, which included 12 modules about prescribing narcotics,including that doctors were too tentative to give patients these pills and "the effectiveness of opioid therapy may be undermined by misconceptions about their risks, particularly risksassociated with abuse and addiction."10FOR THE WHOLE POST CLICK HERE .https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wkz4iamSe0m2oY-WVKI5ljCcRd0fp_SVR0te2Gz4dFc/edit?usp=sharingSupport the show (https://paypal.me/dryohoauthor?locale.x=en_US)

Mayor Stewart recently joined a team of local social services providers to announce the re-launch of New Britain Recovers. The newly rebranded New Britain Recovers is a social services initiative aimed at addressing homelessness, addiction, and youth prevention. This group originally stemmed from various City task forces and committees focusing on social service initiatives. The relaunch of New Britain Recovers is a holistic approach to ensure resident needs are met, gaps in services are filled, and support systems are in place. The City’s Opioid Task Force, Homelessness plan, and Local Prevention Council have all come together under the New Britain Recovers umbrella. As the needs of the New Britain community evolved it became evident that there was a necessity for an all-encompassing social services initiative to be coordinated in order to assist vulnerable populations and support City youth in a more efficient way. Eliminating redundancies and increasing access to a wide range of resources within the City of New Britain makes receiving help much easier for those who need it.

Yossuf Albanawi, co-founder and CEO of Pilleve, a digital health company. Youngest member of the Opioid Task Force in North Carolina and listed on Forbes 30U30 and DC Inno. Featured on TED, highlighting the importance of destigmatizing mental health and addiction. #mentalhealth #digitalhealth #healthcare #ceo #health #entrepreuner #theindustryshow #olll #Onelinelifelessons #forbes30under30 #tedspeaker #opioidawareness #opioidtaskforce #founderstory --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theindustryshow/support

The latest edition of the Medical Association of Georgia's ‘Top Docs' show addresses the American Medical Association's (AMA) ‘2020 AMA Opioid Task Force Report.'

Rebecca Andrews, MD, is the Professor of Medicine, the Director of Ambulatory Education and the Associate Program Director for the categorical Internal Medicine Residency, and the Co-Chair of the Opioid Task Force at the University of Connecticut. She completed her medical school and residency from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine where she also served as the Chief Resident. Dr. Andrews has introduced several unique programs such as the office-based medicine track, a business of medicine course, and a women's health track for future primary care trainees. She is also currently serving as the Governor of the Connecticut Chapter for the American College of Physicians and is actively involved in various committees of the ACP. Her work in medicine has been recognized by many honors and awards, including the Laureate Award, the Richard Neubauer Advocate for Internal Medicine Award by the ACP, Best Doctors award by Hartford Magazine, Doctor of Excellence Award by Leaders in Healthcare, and many others. Are you up for a gratitude challenge? Dr. Rebecca Andrews believes that practicing gratitude each day—and recognizing the power of wonder—is what keeps her present in a busy and sometimes taxing career in medicine. Today, we learn ways to organize (and multi-task) more efficiently, to avoid feeling overwhelmed. We learn why learning something new every day is a way to stay connected with the world—and with our colleagues. Most of all, though, spending more time being thankful for our lives and opportunities is the best way to keep us engaged and fulfilled in our careers. Pearls of Wisdom: 1. Pause when you're feeling overwhelmed: Make a list of your priorities and tackle them based on what is most important. 2. Recognize the power of wonder and curiosity—not just in medicine—but in everyday life. 3. Take on a gratitude challenge. Everyday, write down what you are grateful for, no matter how big or small. It will keep you engaged and fulfilled in your demanding career.

In this episode, Bruce shares how his parents' message of "Abundance" drives his passion for making a difference. Bruce also talks about the important work of the Opioid Task Force, especially during COVID, and how people can get involved in this initiative. Bruce also gives a glimpse in to his perspective on leadership.

This Task Force meeting is for the community to listen and learn from people with experience in recovery so programs can be better at addressing gaps in treatment. This program was recorded by Chicago Access Network Television (CAN TV)

Guest: Patrice Harris, MD Guest: Frank Dowling, MD Guest: Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD Guest: Sharon Levy, MD, MPH Guest: John Renner, MD As the nation's opioid epidemic has now become a deadlier drug overdose epidemic, the AMA Opioid Task Force urges individualized and evidence-based patient care for those with a substance use disorder. Offering their unique perspectives on how to help patients, physician members of the AMA Opioid Task Force shared their perspectives on helping patients with a substance use disorder. Drs. Patrice Harris, Frank Dowling, Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Sharon Levy, and John Renner.

Guest: David Ring, MD, PhD Guest: Ameet Nagpal, MD Guest: Steven P. Stanos, Jr., DO Individualized healthcare is extremely important for patients with pain, but physicians and patients face barriers for such care. Drs. David Ring, Ameet Nagpal, and Steven Stanos sat down with us to provide insight on how the 2019 AMA Opioid Task Force is working to support individualized care for patients with pain.

Guest: Patrice Harris, MD Guest: Frank Dowling, MD Guest: Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD Guest: Sharon Levy, MD, MPH Guest: John Renner, MD As the nation’s opioid epidemic has now become a deadlier drug overdose epidemic, the AMA Opioid Task Force urges individualized and evidence-based patient care for those with a substance use disorder. Offering their unique perspectives on how to help patients, physician members of the AMA Opioid Task Force shared their perspectives on helping patients with a substance use disorder. Drs. Patrice Harris, Frank Dowling, Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Sharon Levy, and John Renner.

Guest: David Ring, MD, PhD Guest: Ameet Nagpal, MD Guest: Steven P. Stanos, Jr., DO Individualized healthcare is extremely important for patients with pain, but physicians and patients face barriers for such care. Drs. David Ring, Ameet Nagpal, and Steven Stanos sat down with us to provide insight on how the 2019 AMA Opioid Task Force is working to support individualized care for patients with pain.

Guest: Patrice Harris, MD Guest: Frank Dowling, MD Guest: Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD Guest: Sharon Levy, MD, MPH Guest: John Renner, MD As the nation’s opioid epidemic has now become a deadlier drug overdose epidemic, the AMA Opioid Task Force urges individualized and evidence-based patient care for those with a substance use disorder. Offering their unique perspectives on how to help patients, physician members of the AMA Opioid Task Force shared their perspectives on helping patients with a substance use disorder. Drs. Patrice Harris, Frank Dowling, Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Sharon Levy, and John Renner.

Guest: David Ring, MD, PhD Guest: Ameet Nagpal, MD Guest: Steven P. Stanos, Jr., DO Individualized healthcare is extremely important for patients with pain, but physicians and patients face barriers for such care. Drs. David Ring, Ameet Nagpal, and Steven Stanos sat down with us to provide insight on how the 2019 AMA Opioid Task Force is working to support individualized care for patients with pain.

Guest: David Ring, MD, PhD Guest: Ameet Nagpal, MD Guest: Steven P. Stanos, Jr., DO Individualized healthcare is extremely important for patients with pain, but physicians and patients face barriers for such care. Drs. David Ring, Ameet Nagpal, and Steven Stanos sat down with us to provide insight on how the 2019 AMA Opioid Task Force is working to support individualized care for patients with pain.

Guest: Patrice Harris, MD Guest: Frank Dowling, MD Guest: Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD Guest: Sharon Levy, MD, MPH Guest: John Renner, MD As the nation’s opioid epidemic has now become a deadlier drug overdose epidemic, the AMA Opioid Task Force urges individualized and evidence-based patient care for those with a substance use disorder. Offering their unique perspectives on how to help patients, physician members of the AMA Opioid Task Force shared their perspectives on helping patients with a substance use disorder. Drs. Patrice Harris, Frank Dowling, Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, Sharon Levy, and John Renner.

In today’s episode, second year medical student Tristen Zimmerman visits her hometown of Little Falls, Minnesota to discuss the success of their rural opioid task force efforts. Email this address to gain access to the...

Ohio is one of the states with the highest opioid related deaths, with over 3,600 deaths in 2016 (National Institute on Drug Abuse). While drug addiction certainly affects the health of the user, opioid abuse can also have harmful impacts on families and communities. Adequate and affordable housing plays a role in off-setting these impacts, by providing a safe and stable place to recover and heal for individuals, and at times, their families. In this episode of Doorsteps, Dr. Cody Price speaks with Jennifer Walters from Fairfield Homes, Inc., Andrea Boxill from the State of Ohio Governor's Opiate Action Team, and Maura Klein of Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services about recovery and affordable housing for people with opioid addiction and the stigma that surrounds it. For more from the Office of Housing Policy, [visit our website](http://ohiohome.org/research/default.aspx) and follow us on Twitter [@ohiodoorsteps](https://twitter.com/ohiodoorsteps). To learn more about housing needs in Ohio, [click here](http://ohiohome.org/news/documents/2019-HousingNeedsAssessment.pdf). For more information about Fairfield Homes, Inc., [click here](https://www.fairfieldhomesohio.com/). For more information on the Governor’s Opioid Task Force, [click here](https://fightingopiateabuse.ohio.gov/). For more information on Ohio Mental Health and Addiction Services, [click here](https://mha.ohio.gov/).

Leann Gerlach, a North Carolina partner in Goldberg Segalla’s Workers’ Compensation Group, discusses North Carolina’s response to the opioid epidemic. Leann describes how the opioid epidemic has impacted the workers’ compensation system. She highlights the most significant aspects of North Carolina’s Opioid Task Force’s utilization rules which seek to reduce addiction and overdose rates among injured workers. Leann also illustrates the rules’ application to various treatment scenarios. Leann closes by discussing what insurers and workers’ compensation attorneys can do to maximize the rules’ benefits.

Since the birth of the U.S. Attorney’s Heroin and Opioid Task Force, there have been many advancements in the fight against opioid abuse. One of their many achievements is the availability of Narcan and making it more widespread throughout communities. Also, law enforcement has developed new protocols for booking drug traffickers and hospitals have furthered education with their physicians in an attempt to change prescribing practices. In this second half of this two-part series, Greg continues to share highlights from the conference that was held in Cleveland on September 6th called “Opioids: A Crisis Still Facing Our Entire Community” and discusses the progress of The Northeast Ohio Hospital Opioid Consortium. Listen to today’s podcast to learn more about the innovative programs that are making a difference in the opioid epidemic here in Northeast Ohio.

In late 2013, many of Northeast Ohio’s leading institutions joined forces to formulate a Community Action Plan, a document to serve as a master plan for communities as they move forward in their fight against the opioid epidemic. The Action Plan was divided into four categories which eventually morphed into four subcommittees: Education and Prevention, Healthcare Policy and Treatment; Law Enforcement; and Data and Analysis. This group that formulated the Action Plan continued to meet every month as part of what became known as the U.S. Attorney’s Heroin and Opioid Task Force. In the first episode of this two part series, Greg shares highlights from the conference that was held in Cleveland on September 6th called “Opioids: A Crisis Still Facing Our Entire Community” where the group reconvened to review their progress and revise the Community Action Plan. Listen to today’s podcast to learn about the innovative programs that are making a difference in the opioid epidemic here in Northeast Ohio.

On Saturday, April 28th at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's (AAPM) 34th Annual Meeting, Patrice A. Harris, MD, Chair of the AMA's Opioid Task Force, will be speaking in a session called “CDC Guideline: Where Do We Stand? Advocating for Physicians and Their Patients in Pain”. The session will be in East Ballroom A at the Vancouver Convention Centre, from 11:30am to 12:30pm. Guest: Patrice A. Harris

Tonight Curtis is joined by Steve Adubato, Joseph Cea, and Dr. Jeff Reynolds.

  Physicians Combatting Opiod Abuse More than 90 people in the U.S. die from an opioid or heroin overdose every day. The AMA is committed to stopping the opioid abuse and misuse epidemic and preventing opioid-related deaths. AMA s Opioid Task Force which includes 25 national and state-level physicians organizations has developed a number […] The post Physicians Combatting Opiod Abuse appeared first on Business RadioX ®.