Name
“Growing Pains": Lessons Learned from Developing an Integrated Opioid Risk Reduction Clinic in Primary Care
Description

Opioid management is a major challenge for primary care professionals. Developing an interdisciplinary concentrated clinic to address patient’s concerns helps overcome some of these barriers. Behavioral health providers and physicians with specialization in addiction medicine will introduce a pilot clinic to help address psychosocial in community needs for patients with poor opioid management. This integrated clinic is based on the strong collaboration between providers and patients to find effective triage services after initial and follow-up appointments. The presenters will also reflect on specific lessons learned for improvements to the integrated care model and ways to include family members earlier in the treatment process.

Speakers
Max Zubatsky, PhD, LMFT
Sara Isbell, MA
Mike Montana, MD
Kento Sonoda, MD
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Behavioral Medicine Topics such as insomnia or medication adherence, Opioid management, Team-based care
Session Type
Poster
Objective 1
Introduce the challenges of integrating a half day opioid clinic in primary care
Objective 2
Discuss strategies on how to incorporate behavioral health learners on this team-based clinic
Objective 3
Apply these “lessons learned” into practices that are considering ways to better coordinate care for patients on opioids.
Content Reference 1

Harris, L. M., Guerrero, E. G., Khachikian, T., Serrett, V., & Marsh, J. C. (2024). Expert providers implement integrated and coordinated care in opioid use disorder treatment. International Journal of Drug Policy, 132, 104567.

Content Reference 2

Price-Haywood, E. G., Burton, J., Harden-Barrios, J., Bazzano, A., Lefante, J., Shi, L., & Jamison, R. N. (2021). Depression, anxiety, pain and chronic opioid management in primary care: Type II effectiveness-implementation hybrid stepped wedge cluster randomized trial. Contemporary clinical trials, 101, 106250.

Content Reference 3

O’Grady, M. A., Randrianarivony, R., Martin, K., Perez-Cubillan, Y., Collymore, D. C., Shapiro-Luft, D., ... & Neighbors, C. J. (2022). Together in care: lessons learned at the intersection of integrated care, quality improvement, and implementation practice in opioid treatment programs. Implementation Research and Practice, 3, 26334895221135265.