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Behavioral Health: Substance Use and Chronic Pain

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Aim

Clinical Goal:

  1. Create a bi-directional integration approach for people with severe substance use disorders.

Prevention Goal:

  1. Implement a community standard for appropriate and responsible prescribing of Opioids and Benzodiazepines.

Metrics

The following RHIP Health Indicator Metrics apply to the Behavioral Health: Substance Use and Chronic Pain Workgroup:

  1. Increase the rate of successful referrals from medical settings to specialty SUD services of people with moderate-to-severe SUDs.
  2. First year develop a baseline on the pharmacy, hospital, acute psychiatric, and emergency department expense related to people with moderate-to-severe SUDs. Second year set performance improvement benchmarks.
  3. First year develop a baseline for number of people receiving greater than 120 mg morphine equivalent for more than three months.

A3

Substance Use Disorder Clinical Treatment A3
(Attached Fishbone Diagram)
(Attached Completion Plan)

Packets

  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016

January 2019 
February 2019 
March 2019 
April 2019 
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June 2019
July 2019 
August 2019 
September 2019 
October 2019 
November 2019 
December 2019 (Part 1)

January 2018
February 2018
March 2018
April 2018
May 2018
June 2018
July 2018 
August 2018 
September 2018 
October 2018 
November 2018 
December 2018: No Meeting

January 2017
February 2017
March 2017
April 2017
May 2017
June 2017
July 2017
August 2017
September 2017
October 2017
November 2017
December 2017

March 2016
April 2016
May 2016
June 2016
July 2016
August 2016
September 2016
October 2016
November 2016

Developed Materials

  • Central Oregon Introduction Letter: Screening & Referring for Substance Use Disorders
  • Substance Use Disorder Screening & Referral Algorithm: Central Oregon
  • Outpatient Substance Use Resources Wallet Card
  • Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Resource List
  • SBIRT clinical support materials can be found at: www.sbirtoregon.org
  • An excellent regional resource for both providers and the community are the efforts of the COHC’s Pain Standards Task Force, which can be found at: www.copainguide.org

Charter

Click here to view the charter for the Behavioral Health: Substance Use and Chronic Pain RHIP Workgroup.

Funded Initiatives

Embedded Substance Use Disorder Positions Pilot

Through the support of the Central Oregon Health Council, BestCare is placing 2 full time embedded substance use clinicians including a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and Certified Recovery Mentor in the St. Charles (Bend) ...

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DAWNS House

The mission of DAWNS House is to provide a safe and compassionate living option for homeless, newly sober women seeking long-term recovery. Providing guidance and assistance to help the women reclaim their lives, DAWNS House ...

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About Workgroups

The Central Oregon Health Council assembled RHIP workgroups, groups of community professionals focused on some aspect of the Regional Health Improvement Plan, in 2016 to strategize and address the RHIP health indicators for each area of focus.

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