Maine Quality Counts Podcast

SPEAKERS: SPEAKERS: Frank Chessa, Ph.D., Melia Knowles-Coursin, RN, BSN, and Amy McAuliffe, PMH-NP, BC  OBJECTIVES: 1. Discuss ways that hospitals can provide compassionate care for hospitalized patients with substance use disorder/opioid use disorder.2. Highlight challenges that inpatient units can face working with patients with substance use disorder/opioid use disorder.3. Discuss how systems of care can be better designed to support patients with SUD/OUD.4. Provide examples of how hospital staff and hospital units are developing best practice guidelines and training for staff around caring for patients with SUD/OUD.5. Discuss medical complications associated with injection drug use6. Discuss some of the interventions offered to assist patients with Opioid Use Disorder while inpatient7. Barriers to care through inpatient admission and at discharge