THE PLACER/NEVADA MODEL
RX Drug Safety Placer & Nevada The Opioid Safety Coalition for Placer and Nevada Counties By: Lindsay Coate, Director of Programs, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society
THE PLACER/NEVADA MODEL RX Drug Safety Placer & Nevada The - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
THE PLACER/NEVADA MODEL RX Drug Safety Placer & Nevada The Opioid Safety Coalition for Placer and Nevada Counties By: Lindsay Coate, Director of Programs, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society RX DRUG SAFETY - VISION Our vision - RX Drug
RX Drug Safety Placer & Nevada The Opioid Safety Coalition for Placer and Nevada Counties By: Lindsay Coate, Director of Programs, Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society
Our vision - RX Drug Safety is a physician led coalition made up of community members and experts collaborating to prevent opioid misuse and abuse to help save lives and promote wellness in Placer and Nevada Counties. Our goals - To tackle the growing problem of opioid overdoses and misuse in Placer and Nevada Counties by gathering multiple stakeholders to assess and create solutions focusing on the three federal priority areas of safe prescribing practices, medication-assisted treatments and increasing access to naloxone.
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for all area physician
physician waiting rooms.
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1 2 3 4 5 5 to 19 20 to 75 75 to 99
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Takeaways: There are not enough prescribers in the community who have an “x” certification AND who also take Medi-Cal More education for prescribers needed: Benefits of prescribing buprenorphine for both addiction and pain management Provide physicians with avenue to receive their “X” license A robust referral service is needed: When prescribing buprenorphine for addiction, the patient will become long term. Many prescribers do not have the capacity for this type of patient. A list of all area recovery treatment providers should be given/promoted to all prescribers
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and Overdose Prevention Subcommittee.
Why SSVMS?
health of our entire community.
undocumented and uninsured.
prescribing