Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Grant
Strategy One
Enhance and maximize Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)
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Increase PDMP registration
- Make the PDMP easier to use and access
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Develop interfaces with prescribers’ EHRs
- Build a delegate user feature in the PDMP
- Develop an interface with the state Health Information Exchange (HIE)
- Develop an interface with RxCheck Hub
- Provide academic detailing and prescriber education initiatives
- Develop a mobile PDMP application
- Decrease the PDMP Data Collection Interval to 24 hours
- Expand proactive/unsolicited PDMP reporting
- Expand PDMP as a public health surveillance system
Strategy Two
Implement community interventions
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Convene a multi-disciplinary data-focused group
- Build DOH capacity to develop and disseminate drug overdose data
- Coordinate intensive prevention efforts at high-burden communities, I.E. provide peer recovery coaches to high risk populations
- Provide outreach and education to prescribers on responsible prescribing
Strategy Three
Evaluate law, policies, and regulations
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Evaluate PDMP law requiring registration
- Evaluate Emergency Regulations mandating opioid overdose reporting
- Evaluate laws and regulations impacting naloxone accessibility and use
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RI Collaborative Practice Agreement for Naloxone
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RI Department of Health Emergency Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Opioid Overdose Prevention
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RI Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals Emergency Regulations
- Quantify the impact of the Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act
Strategy Four
Rapid Response Project
- Develop multi-disciplinary team of experts to perform quarterly review of 16 randomly selected drug overdose deaths
- Identify emerging trends and issue Data Alerts
- Make mini-grants available on-a rolling basis to community-based organizations for targeted campaigns to raise awareness, educate, and prevent prescription drug overdoses