Learning Objectives:- Understand effective strategies and models of care for treating opioid use disorder
- Review strategies for implementing best practices to manage pain
- Discuss unintended barriers for implementing these strategies
- Review training initiatives
Purpose: Provide an overview of the evolving processes and strategies used by Sea Mar Community Health Center to address pain and opioid use disorder. This includes a review of their models of care to effectively treat acute & chronic pain as well as opioid use disorder with the most current evidence-based strategies. We will discuss barriers experienced towards implementation and training initiatives to support multi-disciplinary providers in a large community health center over a wide geographic area. The goals of the training include:
1. Attendee will see how the Six Building Blocks imitative has been an effective vehicle for implementing best practices to manage pain as well as patients on chronic opioid therapy.
2. Attendee will have a basic understanding of 3 practice models to treat opioid use disorder using evidence-based medication assisted treatment. Attendee will be provided with specific examples of how this is being implemented in a community health center setting.
3. Segment will review unintended barriers for implementing these strategies, training initiatives, and steps going forward to ensure program sustainability and expansion.
