Driving Patient Safety and Quality through Opioid Stewardship
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
National Quality Forum, Washington, DC
The opioid epidemic is a national public health emergency. Deaths from prescription opioids have quadrupled over the past eighteen years. In 2016, more than 46 Americans died every day from a prescription opioid-related overdose. Safe and effective opioid stewardship is a critical component of patient safety, quality improvement, and healthcare delivery.
NQF’s workshop, Driving Patient Safety and Quality through Opioid Stewardship, gives clinicians, healthcare professionals, and organizational leaders tools to identify strategies for improving opioid stewardship, pain management practices, and patient outcomes. The session builds on current public- and private-sector efforts to address the opioid epidemic.
Register now for this essential, fully accredited workshop that builds on the guidance provided in NQF’s highly anticipated NQP Playbook™: Opioid Stewardship (available in early March 2018). The workshop offers participants access to thought leaders who contributed to the NQP Playbook development and the opportunity to:
This activity has been approved for 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians and 5 contact hours for nurses and pharmacists. For further details, please see the Accreditation Statement.
Explore the full agenda and register now as space is limited to maximize participation and engagement with these expert leaders. All workshop registrants will receive one free copy of the National Quality Partners Playbook™: Opioid Stewardship.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
National Quality Forum, Washington, DC
The opioid epidemic is a national public health emergency. Deaths from prescription opioids have quadrupled over the past eighteen years. In 2016, more than 46 Americans died every day from a prescription opioid-related overdose. Safe and effective opioid stewardship is a critical component of patient safety, quality improvement, and healthcare delivery.
NQF’s workshop, Driving Patient Safety and Quality through Opioid Stewardship, gives clinicians, healthcare professionals, and organizational leaders tools to identify strategies for improving opioid stewardship, pain management practices, and patient outcomes. The session builds on current public- and private-sector efforts to address the opioid epidemic.
Register now for this essential, fully accredited workshop that builds on the guidance provided in NQF’s highly anticipated NQP Playbook™: Opioid Stewardship (available in early March 2018). The workshop offers participants access to thought leaders who contributed to the NQP Playbook development and the opportunity to:
- Learn from national leaders about public- and private-sector efforts to improve opioid stewardship, pain management practices, and patient outcomes;
- Identify practical strategies, tools, and resources to address common barriers to opioid stewardship;
- Learn measurement strategies for tracking, monitoring, and improving opioid stewardship and related patient outcomes at your facility.
- Christina Mikosz, MD, MPH, FACP, Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and co-chair of the NQP Opioid Stewardship Action Team
- Paul Conlon, PharmD, JD, Senior Vice President, Clinical Quality and Patient Safety, Trinity Health, and co-chair of the NQP Opioid Stewardship Action Team
- David Baker, MD, MPH, FACP, Executive Vice President, Division of Health Care Quality Evaluation, The Joint Commission
- Barbara Hallisey, MSW, LCSW, Associate Clinical Services Director, Partners Behavioral Health Management
- Jim Huizenga, MD, BCEM, Chief Clinical Officer, Appriss Health
- Joan Maxwell, Patient Partner, Patient and Family Centered Care Partners, Inc., John Muir Patient and Family Advisory Council
This activity has been approved for 5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians and 5 contact hours for nurses and pharmacists. For further details, please see the Accreditation Statement.
Explore the full agenda and register now as space is limited to maximize participation and engagement with these expert leaders. All workshop registrants will receive one free copy of the National Quality Partners Playbook™: Opioid Stewardship.
When
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Eastern TimeWhere
National Quality Forum
1030 15th Street, NW
Washington, District of ColumbiaPlanner
Websites
National Quality Forum
NQF: NQP – Strategies for Strengthening Opioid Stewardship: A Conversation with the NQP™ Opioid Stewardship Action Team
Register Now: March 29 Webinar, May 1 Workshop on Opioid Stewardship
Registration is open for a March 29 webinar and a May 1 workshop sponsored by the National Quality Forum on strategies for opioid stewardship. The webinar will highlight the National Quality Partners’ (NQP) Playbook™: Opioid Stewardship, developed in partnership with AHRQ. The playbook encourages health care organizations to develop realistic measurement strategies to assess key issues such as clinician prescribing patterns, adherence to best practices and the use of non-pharmacologic pain management. Register for the March 29 webinar, “Strategies for Strengthening Opioid Stewardship: A Conversation with the NQP™ Opioid Stewardship Action Team,” or the May 1 workshop, “Driving Patient Safety and Quality through Opioid Stewardship,” in Washington, D.C.
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