Improving Safe Opiate Prescribing: Integrating a Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor into a Family Medicine Training Practice

Authors

Colleen Fogarty, University of Rochester
Wade Turnipseed, University of Rochester
Nabila Ahmed-Sarwar, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow
Kelly Lame, University of Rochester
Holly Russell, University of Rochester
Matthew Devine, University of Rochester
Tziporah Rosenberg, University of Rochester

Document Type

Poster Presentation

Publication Date

10-2017

Abstract

At our Family Medicine Center, a training site for Family Medicine residents, family nurse practitioner residents, post-doctoral psychology fellows, pharmacy interns, and marriage and family therapy interns, we have developed policies and procedures to improve patient safety among those patients who are prescribed opioid medications for chronic pain. This includes initiating naloxone training for patients at risk, integrating a Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC) into a Family Medicine Training Practice, and working with patients to decrease their opiate prescriptions as appropriate to the clinical situation.

Comments

Presented at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, October 2017.

Publication Information

Fogarty, Colleen; Turnipseed, Wade; Ahmed-Sarwar, Nabila; Lame, Kelly; Russell, Holly; Devine, Matthew; and Rosenberg, Tziporah, "Improving Safe Opiate Prescribing: Integrating a Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor into a Family Medicine Training Practice" (2017). Pharmacy Faculty/Staff Publications. Paper 384.
https://fisherpub.sjf.edu/pharmacy_facpub/384

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