Prescription Pain Med Program

Utah Department of Health

Presented by: Erin Johnson, MPHJuly 28, 2009UDOH Public Health Informatics

Brown Bag Seminar

www.useonlyasdirected.org

HB 137 Legislative Charge

• Educate– Health Care Providers– Patients– Insurers– General Public

• Create Guidelines• Research

– Causes, risk factors, solutions

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Provider Education: HealthInsight Presentations

• 11 Rural, 20 Urban• 12 Large group• 457 clinicians attended• 319 first survey• 3 Follow-up surveys to see if

“adopted” guidelines

ArticlesPublication Name Published

UMA Bulletin Dec-08

UMA Bulletin Apr-09

UMA Bulletin Jun-09

QualityInsight May-09

Utah Academy Physician Assistants Apr-09

Utah Academy Family Practice Physicians 9-Jun

Utah Pharmacists On website

Public Education: “Use Only As Directed”

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Guidelines

• Aimed at providers who prescribe opioids for the treatment of pain

• Available at: Useonlyasdirected.org

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Research

• Risk Factor Project with OME– Interview NOK– October 26, 2008 through October 26, 2009– All suspected overdose (of all drugs except alcohol)– All suicide– Help ME make determination – Help identify risk factors of Rx overdose deaths

• BRFSS• Controlled Substance Database

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