The District of Columbia Hospital Association works to advance hospitals and health systems in the District by promoting policies and initiatives that strengthens our system of care.

Opioid Response Podcasts

 

Opioid Response Podcast Host Introduction & Disclaimers

Our Opioid Response Podcast host is Dr. Laura Haselden, an emergency medicine physician in the District of Columbia and Baltimore areas.

All About the X-Waiver: Buprenorphine Dosing

This podcast will discuss the X-waiver, which is needed to prescribe medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder.


Buprenorphine: Background, Safety & Considerations for Clinical Decisions

This podcast will focus on buprenorphine as a form of MOUD that is most accessible from the ED, with details on the basic pharmacology, safety, buprenorphine with naloxone, and other background to support clinical decision making for patients.


Understanding Precipitated Withdrawal

This podcast will focus on understanding participate withdrawal and patient considerations when prescribing buprenorphine.


Prescribing Buprenorphine in the ED: Effective Strategies for Physicians

This podcast will provide more information on which patients would benefit from buprenorphine in the ED, how to use peer recovery coaches and preparing for next steps for patients after they received buprenorphine.


 

Policy Change: 2023 Omnibus & MAT Act

This podcast will discuss the changes to the X-waiver requirement as a result of the passage of the MAT Act.


ED Buprenorphine – When to Bupe (COWS Score)

This podcast will discuss when to administer Buprenorphine in the ED according to a patients Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS) score.


ED Buprenorphine Loading Dose

This podcast will discuss when to administer Buprenorphine in the ED according to a patients Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS) score.


Clinical Precipitated Withdrawal

This podcast will take a deeper dive on precipitated withdrawal.


Clinical Management of Precipitated Withdrawal

This podcast will take a deeper dive on precipitated withdrawal.


 

Discharge Prescription After ED Initiation

This podcast will take a deeper dive on precipitated withdrawal.


Diversion

This podcast will discuss the use of diverted buprenorphine.


Home Start Protocols - Why/Philosophy

This podcast will discuss the buprenorphine home starts.


Home Start Protocols - Wait Until You Feel Bad

This podcast will continue to discuss buprenorphine home starts.


Home Start Protocols - Building Out Your Workflow

This podcast will continue to discuss buprenorphine home starts and developing a workflow.


Webinars

 

Value-Based Purchasing

Learn the details of Medicare’s value-based purchasing program, how to interpret the reports available to DCHA members, and the implications of quality-based payments for DC and your hospital.


RRP & HAC Reduction

Learn the details of Medicare’s current Hospital Acquired Condition Reduction and Readmission Reduction payment programs, how to interpret the reports available to DCHA members and the implications of quality-based payments for DC and your hospital.


Mitigating Bias to Address Health Disparities

Learn the importance of developing a framework to establish a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) strategy to address disparities; how bias impacts the way we make decisions which leads to disparities; a review of how COVID-19 has exacerbated disparities in marginalized groups; the importance of using reliable patient data (race/ethnicity, language, sexual orientation/gender identity) to measure outcomes and establish interventions; and strategic actions as a COVID-19 response to address barriers and identify opportunities with internal and external partners.

Behavioral Health Patient Transfer & Placement Technology

Learn more about a new tool available in DC designed to help hospitals reduce the strain on overcrowding emergency departments and get patients in appropriate behavioral health treatment facilities or other programs along the continuum of care to include transfer for inpatient, residential, crisis stabilization beds and outpatient services.


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Understanding the Benefits of a Health Information Exchange

This webinar includes a discussion of the benefits and risks related to the exchange of patient information through a Health Information Exchange, and an analysis of the applicable federal privacy law requirements, including HIPAA and Part 2 regulations. Learn about best practices to capture the proper patient authorizations and to implement safeguards to comply with applicable laws.

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