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SHINE on: How Vanderbilt expanded its integrated care model for opioid-exposed infants

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is growing its integrated, multidisciplinary care for infants and children who have been exposed to opioids while in utero.
Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care, Maternal Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Substance Use Disorder, Innovation, Access to Behavioral Health, Opioid Use Disorder, Innovation/New Models of Care

Administration issues executive order on combating substance use 

The White House issued an executive order Jan. 29 to address substance use and addiction. The order establishes the White House Great American Recovery Initiative, a federal effort tasked with coordinating the administration’s efforts on the matter.
Substance Use Disorder, Access to Behavioral Health, Opioid Use Disorder, Advocacy & Public Policy
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Telemedicine Prescribing of Controlled Substances

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Jan. 15 released a proposed rule on special registration for prescribing of controlled substances and a final rule on telemedicine prescribing of buprenorphine.
Telemedicine, Telehealth, Opioid Use Disorder, Access to Behavioral Health, Advocacy & Public Policy
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DEA and HHS Extend Waivers for Prescribing Controlled Substances Through Telemedicine

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Dec. 30 released a temporary rule extending for the fourth time waiver flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances via telemedicine.
Telemedicine, Prescription Drugs, Access to Behavioral Health, Opioid Use Disorder, Advocacy & Public Policy, Telehealth

Hospital connects opiate-dependent individuals with treatment, resources

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital’s Connecticut Mental Health Center has a certified opiate addiction counselor that helps individuals who are dependent on opiates connect with resources throughout the region.
Telling the Hospital Story, Promoting Healthy Communities, Behavioral Health Care Delivery, Substance Use Disorder, Opioid Use Disorder
Public

Englewood Health's Strategies to Combat Rising Opioid Use in Post-Pandemic America

In this conversation, Vinnidhy Dave, D.O., hospice specialist and director of palliative medicine at Englewood Health Physician Network, and Lauren Savage, director of population health at Englewood Hospital, discuss what Englewood Health is doing to prevent opioid use in its communities.
Opioid Use Disorder, Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care
Public

It Takes a Village: A New Approach to Opioid Abuse Helps Mothers and Babies

In this conversation, Chris DeRienzo, M.D., SVP and chief physician executive at the AHA, speaks with three WISH Center experts about how its approach is helping to protect the health of new mothers and their babies.
Opioid Use Disorder, Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care, Maternal Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Access to Behavioral Health, Innovation/New Models of Care

Thinking Outside the Box to Reduce Behavioral Health Stigma and Disparities in Health Outcomes

For underserved populations, stigma and lack of access to behavioral health services can present huge barriers to treatment.
Access to Behavioral Health, Stigma, Opioid Use Disorder, Reducing Healthcare Disparities, Telling the Hospital Story, Wellness/Preventive Care

Study examines increase in states banning prior authorization in private health plans for OUD medications

A Health Affairs study published Nov. 3 examined an increase in states banning prior authorizations in private insurance plans for opioid use disorder medications.
Prior Authorization, Opioid Use Disorder

HHS awards $1.5 billion in opioid response grants to states, tribal communities

HHS awards $1.5 billion in opioid response grants to states, tribal communities 
Opioid Use Disorder