Opioid Initiatives
Previously, the Alliance for Health Equity hosted an Opioids Initiative workgroup. You can find resources and learnings from that workgroup below, check out our new Mental Health workgroup to learn more about new and ongoing work. Please reach out with any questions.
Responding to Opioid Overdoses and Treating Opioid Use Disorder: A Landscape Analysis of Chicago’s West and South Side
This summary report provides an overview of key findings from the landscape analysis, “Responding to Opioid Overdoses and Treating Opioid Use Disorder: A Landscape Analysis of Chicago’s West and South Side” created with support from the Chicago Department of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control.
With support from the Chicago Department of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the landscape analysis project aimed to identify barriers to care for people living with opioid use disorder (OUD) and individuals at risk of of an opioid-involved overdose residing in Chicago community areas experiencing disproportionate overdose rates. The full report is available for review.
2020 Hospital Opioid Treatment and Response Learning Collaborative
From July to December 2020, the Hospital Opioid Treatment and Response Learning Collaborative brought hospital teams together to support and facilitate conversation around best practices, implementation, and quality improvement as it relates to caring for people with opioid use disorder and/or those who are at risk for opioid overdose.
Updates and Innovation: Providing Opioid Use Disorder Care during COVID-19 (April 29, 2020)
The Illinois Public Health Institute and Chicago Department of Public Health hosted a webinar. The webinar reviewed updated regulations specific to opioid use disorder treatment in office-based settings during the national emergency. Presenters from UI Health and Cook County Health described ways that their systems have adapted to ensure increased access during COVID-19.
Intended audiences include clinicians providing office-based opioid treatment who work in federally qualified health centers, primary care settings, and other integrated treatment programs.
Presenters:
Dr. Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH - American Institutes for Research
Dr. Nicole Gastala, MD, MPH -Mile Square Health Center
Dr. Juleigh Nowinski-Konchak, MD, MPH - Cook County Health
2019 Learning Collaborative Evaluation Report
From April to December 2019, clinical leaders from nine hospitals in Cook County worked together to share best practices and apply quality improvement to better serve people with opioid use disorder in the first phase of the Alliance for Health Equity’s Hospital Opioid Treatment and Response Learning Collaborative. The evaluation report, prepared by the American Institutes for Research, outlines the learning collaborative and demonstration site goals, structure, results, lessons learned, and opportunities.
Full report: Hospital Opioid Treatment and Response Learning Collaborative and Demonstration Project Evaluation Report