Email UpdatesThe ultimate goal of providing medications to treat patients' OUD is to save lives by reducing risk of overdose. This section discusses ways to monitor the effectiveness of MOUD treatment toward the goals of reducing overdose risk, promoting recovery, and improving the lives of patients with OUD.
Systematically collecting and analyzing patient data can help you monitor how individual patients are recovering and evaluate the effect of providing medications for OUD. Monitoring data trends can be useful at both the patient and practice levels, and the measures tracked often serve both purposes. Data can be used to demonstrate progress and inform decision-making in relation to both the patient's treatment plan and areas for practice improvement.
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Patient Progress Assessment
Determine which measures you will use to monitor patient progress over time.
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Collecting and Using Data for Quality Improvement
Build a practice culture that seeks to continue to improve the quality of care. This is a valuable aspiration for all practices, but implementation of elements from this module may be more feasible for more comprehensive practices that provide whole-person care for people with OUD.