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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