Medical Providers

Outlines the process of developing and managing an overdose prevention and education program, with or without a take-home naloxone component.

Describes the core elements of SBIRT programs and provides general administrative and managerial information relevant to implementing SBIRT services, including effectiveness, implementation models, challenges and barriers to implementation, issues of cost and sustainability, real-life program anecdotes, and case studies.

Aims to promote awareness for the evidence base and promise of motivational interventions and shows how clinicians can influence motivation by developing a therapeutic relationship with the client. Describes different motivational interventions that can be used at all stages of change.

Describes decision points in the management of opioid therapy for chronic pain and provides evidence based recommendations for practitioners throughout the Department of Defense and VA healthcare systems.

Helps providers apply recommendations to clinical practice by putting the entire guideline, tools, and resources in an app. Includes a morphine milligram equivalent calculator, summaries of key recommendations, a link to the full guideline, and an interactive motivational interviewing feature to help providers practice effective communication skills and prescribe with confidence.

Provides recommendations for primary care clinicians who are prescribing opioids for chronic pain outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Addresses timing of opioid use for chronic pain; opioid selection, dosage, duration, followup, and discontinuation; and ways to assess risk and address harms of opioid use.

Supplies guidelines for 11 medical specialties on the safe and effective use of opioids in the treatment of pain.

Provides up-to-date product and safety information for NARCAN® Nasal Spray. Includes a simple to follow usage guide, pharmacy locator, and training videos.

OpiRescue is a free overdose support tool provided by OpiSafe, a safe opioid prescribing platform for care providers. Offers step-by-step instructions for administrating multiple forms of Narcan or naloxone.

Supplements outpatient OUD treatment programs and serves as a training, monitoring, and reminder tool for healthcare providers and patients in maintaining an outpatient treatment program.