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Overdose Solutions 2013

Overdose Solutions 2013. Project Life Line An ACOPC Initiative Sherry Rickard-Aasen. Initiative: Project Life Line. Project Life Line.

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Overdose Solutions 2013

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  1. Overdose Solutions 2013 Project Life Line An ACOPC Initiative Sherry Rickard-Aasen

  2. Initiative: Project Life Line

  3. Project Life Line A community-based physician-pharmacist collaborative project to improve patient health through the adoption of practices and education that will lead to safe and more effective use of opioid prescriptions, and ultimately reduce overdose and overdose deaths.

  4. Collaborative Partners • Allegheny County Overdose Prevention Coalition • Select Giant Eagle, Walgreens and Medicine Shoppe pharmacies • Pain Clinics, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Practices • Program Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy • Duquesne University, School of Pharmacy • Prevention Point Pittsburgh

  5. Essential Features • Physicians agree to: • Discuss risks for overdose • Co-prescribe naloxone with opioid scripts

  6. Essential Features • Pharmacists trained to educate patients on: • Opioid safety • Overdose prevention • Signs of overdose • Use of rescue naloxone • Physicians agree to: • Discuss risks for overdose • Co-prescribe naloxone with opioid scripts

  7. Essential Features • Physicians agree to: • Discuss risks for overdose • Co-prescribe naloxone with opioid scripts • Pharmacists trained to educate patients on: • Opioid safety • Overdose prevention • Signs of overdose • Use of rescue naloxone Project Life Line support materials which corroborate and reinforce education

  8. Pharmacist Curriculum • Understanding, Recognizing, and Treating the Disease State • Application of Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) within Pharmacies • Legal, Medical, and Professional Responsibilities Associated with Prescription Opiates • Opioid Safety and Intranasal Naloxone 3.0 Credit Hours

  9. Project Life Line Website

  10. Professional Reference Card

  11. Patient Education Brochure

  12. Evaluation • Continuing Education Assessments • Number of Pharmacists Trained • Number of Physician Partners • Amount of Engagement Time with Student Ambassadors • Partner Feedback in Guided Interviews • Number of Naloxone scripts written, filled and picked up

  13. 3…2…1…Launch! Visit us at: http://www.peru.pitt.edu/overdose/lifeline.html

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