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Webinar: Treating Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 | 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

Recording:

• Click HERE to access the recording.

Slides:

• CaroNova Pregnancy and OUD Webinar
• UNC Health Presentation
• Prisma Health Presentation

Webinar Objectives: Opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy can lead to serious negative health outcomes for the mother and baby, but effective treatments exist. 

Through this webinar, participants: 

• Learned health system best practices for treatment of OUD during pregnancy and post-pregnancy. 
• Heard from experts at Prisma Health and UNC Horizons about their substance use disorder (SUD) treatment programs for pregnant people – including successes and lessons learned – and engage in Q&A. 
• Four out where to access additional resources and support through CaroNova’s Online Library for Opioid Stewardship.

Target Audience: North Carolina and South Carolina hospital/health system clinicians and support staff, behavioral health staff (including clinicians and managers/administrators), women’s health/maternal health clinicians and staff, community-based providers, peer support specialists, care coordinators, social workers, chief nursing officers, chief medical officers, prescribers, quality improvement staff. 

• Hendrée E. Jones, PhD, LP – Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Senior Advisor, UNC Horizons; Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chair, Women & Substance Use Disorders Special Interest Group, American Society of Addiction Medicine; Chair, Global Women’s Treatment and Recovery Network
• Christine (Chrissy) Dunn, BSW – Graduate, UNC Horizons Program; Peer Support Specialist and Case Manager, UNC Addiction Medicine Program
• Kacey Eichelberger, MD – Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine; Medical Director, The Magdalene Clinic; Prisma Health, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville

Please note that CME/CEU credit is not available for watching the recording.

Training: Buprenorphine Initiation and Linkage to Outpatient Services: Navigating Complex Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department Setting

Thursday, August 22, 2024 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

This training describes complex care for patients with opioid use disorder through case studies to help foster confidence with tactics and techniques for linking patients to outpatient services and discussing how to support and educate patients to apply harm reduction management techniques. The recording can be accessed here. Please note that CME/CEU credit is not available for watching the recording.

This training was conducted by the Mountain Area Health Education Center in collaboration with the North Carolina Healthcare Foundation, which engages hospital and health system leaders and clinicians in implementing policies and practices that reduce the risk of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and that promote the use of OUD treatment and recovery best practices. It was conducted with funding from the NC Division of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB).

Training: Treating Patients in the Age of Fentanyl, Xylazine, and Novel Potent Opioids

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 | 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

This training discusses the pathophysiology of substance use with a focus on fentanyl and xylazine in Western North Carolina, with the goal of teaching Emergency Room providers the best tactics and techniques to care for incoming patients. The recording can be accessed here. Please note that CME/CEU credit is not available for watching the recording.

This training was conducted by the Mountain Area Health Education Center in collaboration with the North Carolina Healthcare Foundation, which engages hospital and health system leaders and clinicians in implementing policies and practices that reduce the risk of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and that promote the use of OUD treatment and recovery best practices. It was conducted with funding from the NC Division of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB).

Webinar: Safe Prescribing and Opioid Stewardship Best Practices for Health Systems

• Learn health system opioid stewardship best practices.
• Learn about Standard Opioid Prescribing Schedules and how to effectively implement them in your hospital/health system.
• Hear from Prisma Health and UNC Health about their opioid stewardship successes and lessons learned and engage in Q&A.
• Find out where to access additional opioid stewardship resources and support through CaroNova’s Online Library for Opioid Stewardship.

• Constanza Bacon, MBA – Opioid Stewardship Program Project Management Lead, UNC Health
• Brooke A. Chidgey, MD – Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Division Chief of Pain Medicine, Medical Director of UNC Pain Management Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Douglas L. Furmanek, PharmD BCCCP – Executive Director, Acute Care Pharmacy Operations, Prisma Health | Director, Greenville Hospital System Pharmacy Services and Upstate Clinical Services, Prisma Health
• Kevin B. Walker, MD, FASA – Medical Director, Division of Pain Management, Prisma Health Upstate