Substance Use Tools & Resources    

This module features more than 60 case-based questions on pain management, safer prescribing of opioid analgesics, and the recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder. To ensure the development of high-quality, unbiased content in this module, we partnered with experts at Boston University School of Medicine's Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program.

Helps medical staff learn to manage patients' pain by providing tools that can be used to better assess and manage pain.

Assesses pain and opioid risk in chronic pain patients with a web-based clinical tool that provides patient assessments for pain and opioid use, as well as at-a-glance reports for healthcare providers and patients.

Includes depression-related items from the Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders (PRIME-MD) diagnostic tool for common mental disorders in a 9-item scale. Helps clinicians make a tentative diagnosis of depression and to monitor depression severity and response to treatment in the past 2 weeks.

The Perinatal Provider Toolkit is a centralized online reference to help health care providers quickly access reputable resource information on perinatal substance use for patient treatment and education. The toolkit is for any member of the healthcare te

Gives a sample naloxone prescription program reporting form to be entered into the patient record or chart or given to the primary care provider.

Gives a sample informed consent form that can be used by pharmacists dispensing naloxone rescue kits.

Provides pharmacists with information about prescription opioid use in the United States, the role of pharmacists as part of the pain management team and in preventing opioid use disorder, and communication with patients.

Describes Virginia's Prescription Monitoring Program, including benefits, user testimonials, an informational brochure, and program milestones. Features statistical data about use of the program and prescription drugs, changes in regulations for registered system users, and feature articles for patients.

Provides information about when to taper patients off of opioids and how to taper patients off of opioids, as well as other considerations for providers.