PPT-Developing Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic

Developing Solutions to the Opioid Epidemic Virginia Municipal League Annual Meeting October 6 2019 Art Van Zee MD Stone Mountain Health Services. . Opiates and opioid drugs. Why an EPIDEMIC?. Epidemic:. . The occurrence of more cases of a disease than would be expected in a community or region during a given time period. . Prescription opioid abuse and the resurgence of heroin. Opioid Crisis Summit Meeting. October 17, . 2017. Dr. Theodore J. Cicero, PhD. Washington University in St. Louis,. Department of Psychiatry. Email: . Prescription opioid abuse and the resurgence of heroin. Statewide Public . Health System . Meeting. July 27, . 2017. Dr. Theodore J. Cicero, PhD. Washington University in St. Louis,. Department of Psychiatry. ?. How has the opioid epidemic impacted emergency room related costs. ?. How has the opioid epidemic involved families as part of . the solution. ?. How has the opioid epidemic involved education as part of the solution. Melissa A. Soliz, Esq., Coppersmith Brockelman PLC. msoliz@cblawyers.com. Bio: . http://www.cblawyers.com/melissa-soliz. /. . February 20, 2018. Agenda. Introduction: the opioid epidemic at the state and national level. Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH. Bruce Trigg, MD. Karen Hochman, MD, MPH. Nov 4, 2017. No financial disclosures. The Opioid Crisis in the US: where we are and how we got here. Access to effective pain and opioid use disorder treatment. Katherine Wang, . Pharm.D. .. The Center for Children and Women – . Greenspoint. Conflict of Interest Disclosure. The presenters, planners, reviewers (including CME administrator) of today’s CME activity do not have any financial relationships or commercial interests to disclose. Hemi Tewarson, Director, Health Division. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. SOURCE:. National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, mortality data (. Ernest J Dole, PharmD, . PhC. , FASHP, BCPS. Clinical Pharmacist & . Asso. . Clinical Prof.. University of New Mexico Hospitals & College of Pharmacy. Albuquerque, NM. Learning Objectives. At the end of this presentation, utilizing a case of an older patient on chronic opioid therapy (COT) with the comorbidity of geriatric opioid abuse (GOA) the participant will be able to. Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) & Overdose Prevention. Michael Baca-Atlas, MD. Addiction Medicine . Fellow. UNC . School of . Medicine. June 14, 2019. Disclosures. The presenter has nothing to . in the . Workplace. Michael Botticelli. Executive Director, Grayken Center for Addiction. Executive Summary. The . launch of the . Grayken Center for Addiction . has given . us the . opportunity to expand evidence-based . an increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that area. injury to the body (poisoning) that happens when a drug is taken in excessive amounts. when a person’s use of drugs or alcohol results in health issues or problems in their work, school, or home life; commonly called addiction. Populations:. Best . Practices . . Dr. Chanda Brown. Director, Charleston Center. cfbrown@charlestoncounty.org. Agenda. We Have an Epidemic!. Criminal justice populations. What Are Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder? . Isaac Linton. Faculty Mentor: Dr. Simon Condliffe. Department of Economics and Finance. West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Research Question. What?. Do/how do race and socioeconomic status predict opioid abuse? How do prescription and overprescription, and poverty and unemployment interact across race and SES?.