Managing Pain Safely Past Events

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If you are looking for material from a previous event not listed below, ​please contact dcarter@partnershiphp.org


CHCF Opioid Safety Coalitions Network Northern California Fall Convening

September 22, 2017
The California Health Care Foundation and the California Department of Public Health hosted California's 2016 Fall Convening on Opioid Safety. The agenda included Andrew Kolodny, MD, Co-founder of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing; Corey Waller, MD, with the Camden Coalition;  and local coalition leaders presenting innovative approaches to curbing the opioid epidemic.

Please find more information on this convening by clicking here.


Strategies in Managing Opioid and Benzodiazepine Co-Prescribing

October 25, 2016
The Managing Pain Safely (MPS) initiative hosted a webinar to discuss the key topics related to co-prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines. The webinar topics included: risks of co-prescribing; tapering (how long and what to taper first); who to taper and who not to taper; and talking to patients about the risks of using both medications.
Webinar (webinar begins at the 7 minute mark)
Presentation

Tap​​ering Webinar

August 17, 2016 
The webinar shared information on: selecting appropriate patients for tapering; a brief overview of how to prepare and start the conversation; quick ideas for successful conversations; and case studies around tapering.
Presentation


Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

June 21, 2016
PHC hosted a webinar detailing the “Who, What, Why, and Where of Medication Assisted Treatment”.  Dr. Tom Bertolli​ detailed how to set up a buprenorphine program at a health center, highlighting how to pick the appropriate candidate for buprenorphine, how to educate patients on buprenorphine and medication assisted treatment (MAT), how to implement a team-based approach to MAT, and how to monitor patients once started on buprenorphine.​
Presentation​
Recording​​​​

MPS County Level Data Sharing Webinars

February 2​016
These webinars highlighted our county level Managing Pain Safely data, including aggregate county level data on specific measures and an example of blinded provider level data for the specific counties in the selected focus area.  

This was an opportunity for our providers to view the data that we collected, learn the process for requesting PHC data, and to ask any questions related to the PHC data.
Presentation
Recording

Managing Pain Forum II

January 15, 2016
PHC sponsored the Managing Pain Safely Forum II to provide participants (medical providers/prescribers, medical office staff, pharmacists, community stakeholders) with an opportunity to learn from a diverse set of presenters on how to balance the use of opioids for healing, while avoiding harm. This Forum highlighted the neurobiology behind substance use disorder; suggested ways to change the approach of working the chronic pain/substance use disorder patients; and provided an opportunity for interactive breakout sessions with presenters.
Presentation (Eureka)
Presentation (Fairfield)
Presentation (Redding)
Presentation (Santa Rosa)

 

​October 25, 2016

Strategies in Managing Opioid and Benzodiazepine Co-Prescribing

The Managing Pain Safely (MPS) initiative hosted a webinar to discuss the key topics related to co-prescribing opioids and benzodiazepines. The webinar topics were:

  • Risks of Co-prescribing
  • Tapering- How Long and What to Taper First
  • Who to Taper and Who Not To Taper
  • Talking to Patients About the Risks of Using Both Medications 

Webinar (Webinar begins at the 7 minute mark)

Presentation Slides

​​​September 22, 2016

CHCF Opioid Safety Coalitions Network Northern California Fall Convening

 

​​The California Health Care Foundation and the California Department of Public Health hosted California's 2016 Fall Convening on Opioid Safety. The agenda included Andrew Kolodny, MD, Co-founder of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing; Corey Waller, MD, with the Camden Coalition;  and local coalition leaders presenting innovative approaches to curbing the opioid epidemic.

Please find more information on this convening here: http://www.chcf.org/events/2016/events-opioid-safety-coalitions-fall-convenings .

​August 17, 2016 

 Tap​​ering Webinar

This webinar shared information on:

    • Selecting appropriate patients for tapering 
    • A brief overview of how to prepare and start the conversation 
    • Quick idea for successful conversations
    • Case studies around tapering.

​​​Tapering Presentation​​​

​February 2​016

MPS County Level Data Sharing Webinars

These webinars highlighted our county level Managing Pain Safely data, including aggregate county level data on specific measures and an example of blinded provider level data for the specific counties in the selected focus area.  

This was an opportunity for our providers to view the data that we collected, learn the process for requesting PHC data, and to ask any questions related to the PHC data.

​October 27, 2015

Urine Toxicology Screening for Patients Using Chronic Daily Opioid Therapy

This 1-Hour webinar sponsored by Partnership HealthPlan of California discussed the purpose and limits of urine drug monitoring and how to use the results to make rational therapeutic changes for patients using chronic daily opioid therapy.

Event Material

​September 25, 2015

Headaches, Making the Right Diagnosis and Providing the Best Treatment

This 1-Hour webinar sponsored by Partnership HealthPlan of California covered diagnosing the three most common headache types, the appropriate work up for each headache type, appropriate acute care, and appropriate prevention strategies. This webinar discussed the negative impact narcotics have on headache management and the practice of tapering narcotics as the initial stage of treatment for chronic headaches.

Event Material

​​June 16, 2015

Setting Up Pain Management Oversight Committees Webinar

Starting April 1, PHC implemented a new policy that required case review of high-dose chronic opioid users. This learning was from two provider sites’ experience of implementing a pain management oversight committee to review the patients’ treatment plans.

Webinar Materials 

Webinar Recording 
PHC Introductory Slides
Clinic Ole Presentation
Clinic Ole PMOC Rounds Template
Shasta Community Health Presentation
Standards of Pain Management Oversight Committee

​October 28, 2014

MPS Forum October - Santa Rosa, California

Agenda
Presenter Bios

MPS Forum Materials

​June 21, 2016

PHC hosted a webinar detailing the “Who, What, Why, and Where of Medication Assisted Treatment”.  Dr. Tom Bertolli​ detailed how to set up a buprenorphine program at a health center, highlighting how to pick the appropriate candidate for buprenorphine, how to educate patients on buprenorphine and medication assisted treatment (MAT), how to implement a team-based approach to MAT, and how to monitor patients once started on buprenorphine.​

​​January 15, 2016

 

Managing Pain Forum II

Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) sponsored the Managing Pain Safely Forum II to provide participants (medical providers/prescribers, medical office staff, pharmacists, community stakeholders) with an opportunity to learn from a diverse set of presenters on how to balance the use of opioids for healing, while avoiding harm. This Forum highlighted the neurobiology behind substance use disorder, suggested ways to change the approach of working the chronic pain/ substance use disorder patients, and provided an opportunity for interactive breakout sessions with presenters.

Eureka

Fairfield

Redding

Santa Rosa

 

​August 27, 2015

 Managing Pain Safely Forum - Eureka, California

August 3, 2015​

Mindfulness and Beyond: Changing the Brain Through Mind-Body Discipline

Recent comparative studies have shown that mind-body discipline is the most effective intervention for improving function in individuals with chronic pain, superior to physical treatment modalities and opioid pain medications. Understand the neurologic basis for this and how your community can leverage this treatment modality at this 1-Hour webinar sponsored by Partnership HealthPlan​ of California.

Materials

​​May 28, 2015

MPS Forum - Redding, California

Date: May 28, 2015
Time: Noon - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Redding