Category: Opioid Stewardship / Behavioral Health

Opioid Stigma Resources Collection

Compiled by IPRO HQIC

The following are websites where you can find resources related to Opioid Stigma:

Articles:

  1. CDC. “Patients’ Frequently Asked Questions | CDC’s Response to the Opioid Overdose Epidemic | CDC.” Www.cdc.gov, 19 Oct. 2021, www.cdc.gov/opioids/patients/faq.html. Spanish Language version available here.
  2. CDC. “Stigma Reduction.” Www.cdc.gov, 25 July 2023, www.cdc.gov/stopoverdose/stigma/index.html. Accessed 10 Oct. 2023.
  3. IPRO HQIC. “Naloxone Saves Lives – HQIC Resource Library.” IPRO HQIC Resource Library, 20 Sept. 2022, hqic-library.ipro.org/2022/09/20/naloxone-saves-lives/. Accessed 10 Oct. 2023. Spanish language version available here.
  4. IPRO HQIC. “People Matter, Words Matter – IPRO QIN-QIO Resource Library.” IPRO HQIC Resource Library, 28 July 2023, qi-library.ipro.org/2023/07/28/people-matter-words-matter/. Accessed 10 Oct. 2023.
  5. Where Opioid Use Disorder Stigma Comes From and How to Prevent It Opioid Use Disorder Stigma: Causes, Impact, Prevention (healthline.com) 
  6. 4 Factors That Add to Stigma Surrounding Opioid Use Disorder 4 factors that add to stigma surrounding opioid-use disorder | American Medical Association (ama-assn.org) 
  7. Stop Overdose: Stigma Reduction Stigma Reduction (cdc.gov) (PDF flyer REDUCING STIGMA (cdc.gov)) 
  8. The stigma that undermines care The stigma that undermines care (apa.org) 
  9. Stigma: Overcoming a Barrier to Pain Treatment and Addiction Recovery Stigma: Overcoming a Barrier to Pain Treatment and Addiction Recovery | NIH HEAL Initiative 
  10. Substance Use Disorder Stigma: What it is and How You Can Prevent it Substance Use Disorder Stigma: What it is and How You Can Prevent it | USU 
  11. Punishing Drug Use Heightens the Stigma of Addiction Punishing Drug Use Heightens the Stigma of Addiction | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (nih.gov) 
  12. Medical Stigma and Patients with Substance Abuse Disorder Medical Stigma and Patients with Substance Abuse Disorders | Psychology Today 
  13. Panel Discussion: Stigma Around Opioid Use Disorder Presents Challenges to Treatment Stigma Around Opioid Use Disorder Presents Challenges to Treatment | The Pew Charitable Trusts (pewtrusts.org) 
  14. Stigma of opioids a hurdle to solving crisis Stigma of opioids keeps users from seeking help, taints views of medical professionals – Harvard Gazette 
  15. Why Opioid Addiction Should Be Viewed-And Treated-Like a Chronic Disease Opioid Use Disorder: Managing Stigma & Treatment | The Well by Northwell 

Blogs Posts:

  1. Part 1: Guiding Principles for Addressing the Stigma on Opioid Addiction Guiding Principles for Addressing the Stigma on Opioid Addiction | Bloomberg American Health Initiative (jhu.edu) 
  2. Part 2: A Roadmap to Reduce Stigma on Opioid Addiction A Roadmap to Reduce Stigma on Opioid Addiction | Bloomberg American Health Initiative (jhu.edu) 

Journal Articles:

  1. Confronting the Stigma of Opioid Use Disorder- and Its Treatment Confronting the Stigma of Opioid Use Disorder—and Its Treatment | Substance Use and Addiction Medicine | JAMA | JAMA Network 
  2. Social Stigma Toward Persons with Prescription Opioid Use Disorder: Associations With Public Support for Punitive and Public Health-Oriented Policies Social Stigma Toward Persons With Prescription Opioid Use Disorder: Associations With Public Support for Punitive and Public Health–Oriented Policies | Psychiatric Services (psychiatryonline.org) 
  3. Portraying mental illness and drug addiction as treatable health conditions: Effects of a randomized experiment on stigma and discrimination Portraying mental illness and drug addiction as treatable health conditions: Effects of a randomized experiment on stigma and discrimination – ScienceDirect 
  4. The Impact of Stigma on People with Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Treatment, and Policy The Impact of Stigma on People with Opioid Use Disorder, Opioid Treatment, and Policy – PubMed (nih.gov) 
  5. Stigma, discrimination and the health of illicit drug users Stigma, discrimination and the health of illicit drug users – PubMed (nih.gov) 
  6. The role of stigma in U.S. primary care physicians’ treatment of opioid use disorder The role of stigma in U.S. primary care physicians’ treatment of opioid use disorder – ScienceDirect 
  7. Addressing Bias and Stigma in the Language We Use With Persons With Opioid Use Disorder: A Narrative Review Addressing Bias and Stigma in the Language We Use With Persons With Opioid Use Disorder: A Narrative Review – PubMed (nih.gov) 
  8. Opioid use-related stigma and healthcare decision-making Opioid use-related stigma and health care decision-making – PubMed (nih.gov) 

Buprenorphine for Pain: A Transition Guide from Full Agonist Opioid Prescriptions

Prepared by IPRO QIN-QIO

Buprenorphine for Pain: A Transition Guide from Full Agonist Opioid Prescriptions is a tool intended to aid clinicians in switching patients off of full opioid agonists to buprenorphine, a partial mixed opioid agonist for pain management.

The information presented in this document should not be considered medical advice and is not a substitute for individualized patient or client care and treatment decisions.

March 21, 2023, Joint HQIC LAN – Acute Pain Alternatives: The Impact of Avoiding Opioids on Hospital Delirium

Prepared by IPRO HQIC

Join us for this special presentation featuring real-world strategies for preventing hospital delirium! Delirium affects as many as 50% of hospitalized patients over the age of 65. Furthermore, delirium accounts for increased length of stay, hospital readmissions, emergency department visits and institutionalization of older adults. Delirium is often precipitated by opioid use for pain management. Don’t miss this discussion on alternatives, using an example of a successful hospital project. These initiatives will inspire you to take on delirium prevention at your facility!

Slides

Recording

Opioid and Pain Management Best Practices: Strategies for Success: Self – Assessment

Prepared by IPRO QIN-QIO, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Improvement & Innovation Group

Use with Quality Improvement and Care Coordination: Implementing the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain document and the Opioid and Pain Management Best Practice Aggregate Results Dashboard.

National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)Patient Safety Analysis Resource

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The NHSN application provides various options that allow NHSN users to analyze their surveillance data. The resources listed on the link above are intended to help you use the analysis tool, and interpret data analyzed from the Patient Safety Component of NHSN.

Opioid Stewardship: IPRO HQIC, Learning and Action Network (LAN)

IPRO HQIC

IPRO Hospital Quality Improvement (HQIC), Learning and Action Network (LAN) webinar on the All-Cause Harm focus are of Opioid Stewardship: April 26th 2021.

IPRO HQIC presented aggregate baseline data on the Opioid Stewardship Hospital Baseline Assessment and heard from a rural hospital on promoting the safe use of opioids (prescribing policy, scripted communication tools, alternatives to opioids, tracking prescribing practices, referral network for pain management, and MAT therapy).

In addition, IPRO HQIC highlight many salient opioid stewardship resources on processes that support the inclusion of patient and family engagement and health equity (stigma) in opioid stewardship efforts. These resources further support IPRO HQIC hospital efforts in All-Cause Harm reduction.

Recording, Slides and All-Cause Harm Resource available.

All-Cause Harm Resource

IPRO HQIC

This resource explains what All-Cause Harm is, why it is important, and then dives into each of the processes it takes to prevent All-Cause Harm. Eight priority focus areas for the Hospital Quality Improvement Contract (HQIC) are illuminated and strategies to monitor compliance are provided.

All-Cause Harm Resource, Recording and Slides from the IPRO HQIC All-Cause Harm “launch” on March 29th, 2021.

Your Guide to Controlling & Managing Pain After Surgery

MHA Keystone Center

This resource provides education to patients related to:

  • Understanding surgical pain
  • Understanding pain after surgery
  • Questions to ask before surgery, after surgery and before discharge
  • Tools to help manage pain
  • Keeping track of pain medications and frequency
  • Common pain medication side effects

The Michigan Opioid Safety Score (MOSS): A Patient Safety and Nurse Empowerment Tool

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing

The Michigan Opioid Safety Score (MOSS) was developed to incorporate patient risk, respiratory rate, and sedation into one bedside score that could be used to improve patient safety during inpatient opioid therapy. Scoring is based on a summation of risk data with objective bedside measures of over-sedation trumping a patient’s subjective reports of pain.