CHIME Opioid Action Center Podcast: Recent Episodes

CHIME Opioid Action Center

The opioid epidemic continues to devastate communities and families throughout the nation and is a tremendous strain on the U.S. healthcare system. The CHIME Opioid Task Force works to leverage members’ unique insights and provide education and resources to address the ongoing crisis in the larger healthcare ecosystem. This podcast shares the stories of those heroes in healthcare who are working to build awareness and fight the battle against the opioid epidemic.

Learn more about the work of the task force by visiting https://opioidactioncenter.com/.

PART TWO OF A TWO PART SERIES

In this episode, Moderator Ed Kopetsky, Co-chair of the CHIME Opioid Task Force and former CIO of Stanford Children's Hospital speaks with Mara L. Schenker, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer at the Christopher Wolf Crusade (CwC), about how she’s leveraging CwC’s Life Care Specialists in her capacity as Associate Chief Medical Information Officer and Chief of Orthopaedics at Grady Memorial Hospital. She’ll share what initially gravitated her to CwC’s mission, how her expertise has helped to expand the scope of their work.

MODERATOR: ED KOPETSKY

Co-chair, CHIME Opioid Task Force

Ed Kopetsky, former Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Stanford Children’s Health, is an accomplished healthcare executive with expertise in integrated healthcare systems, information technology, operations and cost improvement, digital transformation and consulting. Following a family tragedy, in 2018 Ed co-founded and continues to co-chair the CHIME Opioid Task Force helping healthcare organizations confront the national opioid crisis.

GUEST: MARA L. SCHENKER, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer, Christopher Wolf Crusade (CWC)

Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Emory University

Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Chief of Orthopaedics, Grady Memorial Hospital

What you’ll learn about Dr. Schenker:

Background as an orthopaedic surgeon and healthcare IT professional.
What surprising realization prompted her to make changes to her opioid prescribing practices.
Her inspiration for joining the CWC.
Her role and current work with the CWC.
How she’s leveraged CwC’s Life Care Specialists in her own hospital care team.
What’s next in her newest role of Associate Chief Medical Information Officer at Grady Memorial Hospital.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

PART ONE OF A TWO PART SERIES

In this episode, Moderator Ed Kopetsky, Co-chair of the CHIME Opioid Task Force and former CIO of Stanford Children's Hospital speaks with Cammie Wolf Rice, Founder and CEO of Christopher Wolf Crusade (CwC) formed in honor of her son. CwC has since launched a new position in healthcare called the Life Care Specialist (LCS), now an integral part of a patient’s care team in hospitals where the role has been introduced.

MODERATOR: ED KOPETSKY

Co-chair, CHIME Opioid Task Force

Ed Kopetsky, former Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Stanford Children’s Health, is an accomplished healthcare executive with expertise in integrated healthcare systems, information technology, operations and cost improvement, digital transformation and consulting. Following a family tragedy, in 2018 Ed co-founded and continues to co-chair the CHIME Opioid Task Force helping healthcare organizations confront the national opioid crisis.

GUEST: CAMMIE WOLF RICE

Philanthropist, Activist, Speaker

CEO & Founder, Christopher Wolf Crusade

Author: The Flight, My Opioid Journey

cwc.ngo | cammiewolfrice.com

As founder of the Christopher Wolf Crusade (CwC), Cammie Wolf Rice is dedicated to bringing an end to the Opioid Epidemic. After the tragedy of losing her son, Christopher Wolf, Cammie has turned pain into purpose by championing addiction prevention. In 2018, Cammie founded CwC in Christopher's honor and launched a new position in healthcare called the Life Care Specialist (LCS). Learn more about Cammie's journey by reading her memoir - The Flight, My Opioid Journey.

What you’ll learn about:

– Cammie's background and life experience which guided her involvement in the opioid crisis.

– An overview of the Life Care Specialist (LCS) healthcare role and training program

– Early findings and results of the accredited LCS training program.

– CwC’s future roadmap and near-term goals going forward.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

In this episode, Todd Rowland, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Motiv Health, sits down with Dennis (Denny) Morrison, PhD, Owner of Morrison Consulting, to explore the intersection of psychology, healthcare IT, and behavioral healthcare. Denny shares his insights on how his background has equipped him to lead behavioral healthcare facilities and orchestrate mergers of large networks, shedding light on effective strategies for addressing the opioid crisis. Listeners will gain valuable examples of leveraging technology to promote best practices in reducing opioid use and misuse within healthcare systems. Denny highlights the importance of understanding substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health, particularly for non-behavioral health providers, emphasizing the need for comprehensive approaches to opioid use. The conversation delves into the critical role of partnerships in driving innovative solutions, emphasizing the synergy between people, process, and technology in tackling the opioid crisis. By fostering collaborative relationships, healthcare providers and systems can enhance their ability to address the multifaceted challenges of substance use disorders.

GUEST

Dennis (Denny) Morrison, PhD

Owner, Morrison Consulting

MODERATOR

Todd Rowland, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Motiv Health

Member of the CHIME OTF’s Promoting Leading Practices subcommittee

What you’ll learn about:

– How Dennis (Denny) Morrison, PhD has leveraged his background in psychology and healthcare IT to lead behavioral healthcare facilities and mergers of large networks.

– How healthcare providers and systems, can effectively use technology to promote best practices to reduce opioid use and misuse.

– What all non-behavioral health providers should know about the world of substance use disorder (SUD) and mental health as it relates to opioid use.

– How critical partnerships can help to improve the innovative use of people, process, and technology to address the opioid crisis.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Gravity Project is an HL7 FHIR Accelerator, collaborative initiative with the goal to develop consensus-driven data standards to support the collection, use, and exchange of data to address the social determinants of health (SDOH). In 2023, Gravity Project was named in the White House “US Playbook to Address the Social Determinants of Health” and ONC’s HTI-1 final rule requiring adoption of USCDI v3 as the standard for certification by January 2016 includes the four Gravity curated SDOH elements. Listen to learn about how data standards can accelerate your work as Health IT professionals to support individuals and families impacted by the opioid crisis.

GUEST

Vanessa Candelora

Program Manager, Gravity Project

MODERATOR

Otto Reemelin

CIO, Southwest Human Development

Member of the CHIME OTF’s Technology and Interoperability subcommittee

What you'll learn about:

What Gravity Project is and why it exists.
How it's system agnostic and can be utilized in any EHR/system.
Gravity Project's existing/current/upcoming work.
What Gravity Project offers, and who can access it and how.
Why it was created and what issues and problems it's addressing, with real world examples.

-How Gravity Project can help to reduce the trauma and stress for families of fragile infants seeking care from agencies in the community who specialize in neonatal abstinence syndrome, food insecurity, or housing instability.

-The top 3 takeaways everyone in healthcare IT should know so they can leverage the power of the Gravity Project.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Explore the leading-edge work of Virtua Health a comprehensive healthcare system in Southern New Jersey recognized by CHIME in 2023 as a “Most Wired” Level 10 health system, a top honor shared by only 19 U.S. hospitals/health systems. Join moderator Bill Spooner, a retired CIO and Co-chair of CHIME OTF’s Emerging Technology/Interoperability subcommittee, in this illuminating podcast episode. Discover how Virtua Health seamlessly embeds FindHelp into Epic, revolutionizing patient referrals for opioid treatment. Krista Lokan, IT Population Health Architect at Virtua Health, shares the challenges and triumphs of implementing this innovative tool, offering real-time access to vital resources. Learn how FindHelp streamlines patient care, eliminates manual processes, and fosters collaboration among healthcare entities. Gain insights into Virtua's success metrics and their regional efforts to combat substance abuse. Don't miss this insightful conversation on leveraging technology to drive meaningful change in opioid treatment.

Host: Bill Spooner

A mostly retired CIO and Co-chair of the CHIME OTF’s Technology and Interoperability subcommittee.

Guest: Krista Lokan

IT Population Health Architect, Virtua Health

What you'll learn about:

Virtua Health, and how they received their Level 10 Most Wired certification in 2023, including for their technology implementations addressing opioids.
What problems they were you facing, including for electronic referrals.
What Findhelp is how it can benefit patients, clinicians, operations, and more.
What tools FindHelp offers & how Virtua Health is utilizing them.
How Virtua Health is measuring the impact of FindHelp in their community.

For more information from Krista reach out to her on LinkedIn.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

What you'll learn about:

Why Dr. Baxter has focused her work and research on pain management.
What prescribers can do to improve non-medication pain management options for pain control.
Where the biggest opportunities are for reducing opioid use and how organizations like CHIME can help.
What administrative IT and clinical IT leaders can do to ensure computerized systems improve the digital monitoring and ordering of both medications and non-medication pain treatment.

Host: Todd Rowland, MD, FAAPMR

Chief Medical Officer, Motiv

Chief Medical Officer, VitalFlo

CEO, Bridge2Medical

Attending Physician, Duke Hospitals

Dr. Todd Rowland has more than 25 years of healthcare experience which includes roles as practicing physician, CEO of health information exchange, CMIO (Chief Medical Information Officer), and most recently enterprise Senior Vice President and CIO. He has worked with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver solutions using several IT platforms which include Allscripts, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, McKesson, MEDITECH, Mirth, Optum, and other technologies.

Guest: Dr. Amy Baxter, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Augusta University

CEO, Pain Care Labs

Dr. Amy Baxter, MD is a researcher, physician, and recent TedTalk speaker with a focus around understanding the connections that send pain from your body to your brain. Her insights provide practical neuroscience hacks to quickly block those signals. Her leading edge research offers alternative opioid-free treatment options for immediate pain relief.

TEDTalk : How to Hack your Brain When You're in Pain, Dr. Amy Baxter, MD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SpaXqAQ4Wo

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Host: Andy Smith, CFCHE

Co-CEO and Founder, Impact Advisors

Education Co-chair, CHIME Opioid Task Force

Guest: Gregg Dockins

Corrections Division President, Gateway Foundation, Inc.

An employee of Gateway Foundation, Inc. for over 23 years, Gregg is responsible for the administration, operational oversight, and strategic planning and growth of all Corrections Division services.

What you'll learn about:

Gateway‘s initial approach to the opioid epidemic.
How has technology has helped their care model.
What obstacles they have faced around technology.
What the future of addiction treatment may look like in the corrections setting for providers as well as individuals seeking treatment.
What all healthcare professionals treating patients for addiction should take away from this conversation.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Host: Patty Lavely, CIO Consultant and Co-chair, CHIME Opioid Task Force

Guest: Mike Burger, Senior Consultant, Point-of-Care Partners

What you'll learn about:

High level overview of the ambulatory EHR landscape.
If the standard software on the market today provides “opioid tools” to help providers manage patients that are taking opioids or are high risk for addiction/overdose.-
Third-party software to improve the capabilities including PDMP integration.
How it all fits (or doesn't) within the clinical workflows in the office.
If EHRs are typically tied into community services to support patients with SUD.
Technology differences between independent physician practices vs those owned by health systems/hospitals, and if there's a difference in how they're able to determine the patients at risk.

-Whether, like hospitals, physician practices have come a long way with reducing opioid prescriptions; and if the software has functionality to support changing ordering practices.

The percentage of physician practices contributing data and viewing data via an HIE (in Mike's experience).
What health IT leaders do to mitigate the challenges in utilizing the technology to assist with better opioid stewardship and managing patients at risk.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Part Two of a two-episode series focusing on interoperability, PDMPs (Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs), HIEs (Health Information Exchanges) and telehealth through the lens of a PM&R (Pain Management & Rehabilitation) physician of 25-years.

HOST

Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM

Emergency Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Director of Research, Bicycle Health

Scott G. Weiner, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Chief of the Division of Health Policy and Public Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Weiner completed his residency training at the Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and MPH degree at Harvard School of Public Health. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and addiction medicine.

He is the Director of B-CORE: The Brigham Comprehensive Opioid Response and Education Program, a hospital-wide, multi-disciplinary quality assurance program with the goal of reducing opioid-related morbidity and mortality. He is the co-lead of the American College of Emergency Physicians’ E-QUAL Opioid Initiative and serves on opioid task forces for several organizations, including NAM, AMA and CHIME. His current research, including multiple grant-funded projects from the NIH, focuses on prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder.

GUEST

Todd Rowland, MD, FAAPMR

Chief Medical Officer, Motiv

Chief Medical Officer, VitalFlo

CEO, Bridge2Medical

Attending Physician, Duke Hospitals

Dr. Todd Rowland has more than 25 years of healthcare experience which includes roles as practicing physician, CEO of health information exchange, CMIO (Chief Medical Information Officer), and most recently enterprise Senior Vice President and CIO. He has worked with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver solutions using several IT platforms which include Allscripts, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, McKesson, MEDITECH, Mirth, Optum, and other technologies.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Part One of a two-episode series focusing on interoperability, PDMPs (Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs), HIEs (Health Information Exchanges) and telehealth through the lens of a PM&R (Pain Management & Rehabilitation) physician of 25-years.

HOST

Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM

Emergency Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Director of Research, Bicycle Health

Scott G. Weiner, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Chief of the Division of Health Policy and Public Health in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Weiner completed his residency training at the Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and MPH degree at Harvard School of Public Health. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and addiction medicine.

He is the Director of B-CORE: The Brigham Comprehensive Opioid Response and Education Program, a hospital-wide, multi-disciplinary quality assurance program with the goal of reducing opioid-related morbidity and mortality. He is the co-lead of the American College of Emergency Physicians’ E-QUAL Opioid Initiative and serves on opioid task forces for several organizations, including NAM, AMA and CHIME. His current research, including multiple grant-funded projects from the NIH, focuses on prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder.

GUEST

Todd Rowland, MD, FAAPMR

Chief Medical Officer, Motiv

Chief Medical Officer, VitalFlo

CEO, Bridge2Medical

Attending Physician, Duke Hospitals

Dr. Todd Rowland has more than 25 years of healthcare experience which includes roles as practicing physician, CEO of health information exchange, CMIO (Chief Medical Information Officer), and most recently enterprise Senior Vice President and CIO. He has worked with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver solutions using several IT platforms which include Allscripts, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, McKesson, MEDITECH, Mirth, Optum, and other technologies.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

In this episode Host Tom Liddell, CEO of Harmony Health IT; speaks with Amnah Anwar, Senior Director of the Indiana Rural Health Association, on her extensive work in developing and implementing local strategies for addressing the opioid epidemic in rural Indiana communities. Working with trusted local stakeholders to organize educational opportunities for the community as well as physicians helped permeate the stigma and shame surrounding addiction. By first addressing fundamental barriers, implementing wraparound medical and community services for those suffering from or at risk of opioid and substance use disorder and overdose became a coordinated effort. Further iterations, including telehealth and other virtual tools and services, were introduced and adopted widely during the covid-19 pandemic.

HOST

Tom Liddell

CEO, Harmony Healthcare IT

Tom is a Managing Partner for Harmony Healthcare IT, serving as Chief Executive Officer. He has over 35 years of experience in healthcare information technology, and was President and Co-Founder of SMI, a healthcare technology firm located in Indiana. SMI was a part of an initial public offering that formed Medical Manager Corp (MMC) where Tom served as a Sr. Vice President. MMC was merged into WebMD where he held positions of Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development as well as Senior VP of Product Management. As Senior VP of Product Management, Tom was responsible for the development and launch of a new fully-integrated financial system and electronic health record. Since 2006, he has provided senior level consulting for a variety of healthcare technology companies, health information exchanges and a regional laboratory. In his career, Tom has been responsible for overall design of Cerner Millennium multi-hospital and laboratory health information exchange platforms. Additionally, he has designed methods of data extraction, integration and backup solutions to better support healthcare integration. Today, he participates in every facet of the Harmony Healthcare IT business, providing vision and operational guidance.

GUEST

Amnah Anwar, MBBS, MPH

Senior Director, Indiana Rural Health Association

Program Director, Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center

Amnah Anwar, MBBS, MPH is a public health professional working as an Epidemiologist and Senior Director at Indiana Rural Health Association. Her experience includes senior staff management, program management, grant evaluations, and grant writing. She oversees multiple programs focusing on increasing access to care for behavioral health and substance use disorder in rural Indiana. These include the Indiana Rural Opioid Consortium for combating the epidemic of Substance use overdose deaths and morbidity in rural Indiana. IRHA Community Paramedicine program uses paramedics as physician extenders to increase access to care for high-risk pregnant mothers, explicitly focusing on others suffering from SUD. The Rural Substance Use Disorder program aims to increase medication access for opioid use disorder MOUD treatment in rural Indiana. She joined the Upper Midwest Telehealth Resource Center as the program director and brings her experience from both the provider and consumer side to the program.

She is also the lead evaluator and co-lead for the evaluation and data department/division of IRHA. She serves as the secretary for the board of the Indiana Immunization Coalition IIC, Health By Design (HBD) board member, Elli Lilly CRFO Board member and member of the Indiana AHEC advisory committee.

IRHA Resources

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

In the final Episode of this three part series Dr. Sean Kelly, MD speaks to Dr. Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAM and Dustin Hufford of Cooper University Health Care about their agile methods for innovating and adapting their services for treating pain, addiction and behavioral health all under one roof! Hear their thoughts on emerging technologies that show promise for addressing persisting health care gaps, state and federal policies, and what doesn’t exist today that would be helpful to further innovate in their space.

Host

Dr. Sean Kelly, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Customer Strategy, Healthcare

FACEP, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine - part time, Harvard Medical School

Guests

Dustin Hufford

Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Cooper University Health Care

Dr. Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAM

Center Head, Cooper Center for Healing

Medical Director of Government Relations at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, NJ

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Dr. Baston is dual boarded in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She obtained a master’s degree in Neuroscience from Kings College London and then graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She pursued full spectrum family medicine training with obstetrics in Seattle, Washington, with a concentration in maternal child health. Her work in primary care illuminated the stigma and marginalization associated with addiction, and she observed that both patients and medical professionals suffer from the lack of addiction medicine training and integration into healthcare. With the goals of community centered health care delivery, population health improvement, and hospital system quality improvement, she completed an American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) accredited fellowship She became the medical director of Cooper’s addiction medicine program in 2015, and built what is now the Cooper Center for Healing, which includes integrated pain, addiction, and behavioral health care. As of this center, Dr. Baston currently runs an inpatient addiction consult service, multiple outpatient specialty clinics, a wrap-around perinatal substance use disorder program, undergraduate and graduate medical education in addiction medicine, research, and several million dollars in grant funded programming. This work expanded to state and national level policy in the field of addiction medicine, and beyond. Currently, Dr. Baston is focused on work at a policy level to support state-funded programs for substance use disorder treatment and improvements in population health by addressing social determinants of health. In her role as Medical Director of Government Relations, she strives to ensure that all patients have access to compassionate care and evidence based medical treatments that allow them to live full and satisfying lives. Kaitlan is proud to work with an interdisciplinary team of like-minded, driven individuals at Cooper who are dedicated to making positive change in the healthcare system.

Cooper Center for Healing https://www.cooperhealth.org/services/center-healing

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

In Episode two of this three part series on developing a fully integrated leading edge medical facility; Dr. Sean Kelly, MD speaks to Dr. Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAM and Dustin Hufford of Cooper University Health Care about their agile methods for innovating and adapting their medical services to meet the needs of their patients at the Cooper Center for Healing. Located in Camden, New Jersey; the facility is the gold standard for treating pain, addiction, and behavioral health care all under one roof. Truly meeting and treating patients right where they are! HostDr. Sean Kelly, MDChief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Customer Strategy, HealthcareFACEP, Beth Israel Lahey HealthAssistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine - part time, Harvard Medical School GuestsDustin HuffordSenior Vice President, CIO, Cooper University Health CarePrior to joining Cooper, Mr. Hufford served as Chief Information Officer at Memorial Health Care System, a community hospital in North Western Ohio. After Memorial Health Care was acquired by Promedica Health system, he served as Assistant Vice President of Revenue Cycle and Business Systems where he oversaw the implementation of Promedica Health’s electronic health record. He has experience leading large teams within several areas of IT including clinical, revenue cycle, business systems, and technology. In addition to his experience working with health care providers, he has a background in consulting work where he executed IT strategic planning engagements, merger and acquisition evaluations, and post-merger integrations.Since 2015, Mr. Hufford has led IT through several large-scale implementations including telemedicine, revenue cycle and clinical optimizations, and the migration to cloud-based services. He is now leading a digital transformation initiative with the goal of providing excellent digital experiences for employees, providers, and patients.Dr. Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAMCenter Head, Cooper Center for HealingMedical Director of Government Relations at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, NJAssistant Professor of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Dr. Baston is dual boarded in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She obtained a master’s degree in Neuroscience from Kings College London and then graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She pursued full spectrum family medicine training with obstetrics in Seattle, Washington, with a concentration in maternal child health. Her work in primary care illuminated the stigma and marginalization associated with addiction, and she observed that both patients and medical professionals suffer from the lack of addiction medicine training and integration into healthcare. With the goals of community centered health care delivery, population health improvement, and hospital system quality improvement, she completed an American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) accredited fellowship She became the medical director of Cooper’s addiction medicine program in 2015, and built what is now the Cooper Center for Healing, which includes integrated pain, addiction, and behavioral health care. As of this center, Dr. Baston currently runs an inpatient addiction consult service, multiple outpatient specialty clinics, a wrap-around perinatal substance use disorder program, undergraduate and graduate medical education in addiction medicine, research, and several million dollars in grant funded programming. This work expanded to state and national level policy in the field of addiction medicine, and beyond. Currently, Dr. Baston is focused on work at a policy level to support state-funded programs for substance use disorder treatment and improvements in population health by addressing social determinants of health. In her role as Medical Director of Government Relations, she strives to ensure that all patients have access to compassionate care and evidence based medical treatments that allow them to live full and satisfying lives. Kaitlan is proud to work with an interdisciplinary team of like-minded, driven individuals at Cooper who are dedicated to making positive change in the healthcare system. Cooper Center for Healing https://www.cooperhealth.org/services/center-healing The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

In this first episode one a three part series Dr. Sean Kelly, MD speaks to Dr. Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAM and Dustin Hufford of Cooper University Health Care about their experience developing the Cooper Center for Healing. This fully integrated leading edge medical facility located in Camden, New Jersey is the gold standard for treating pain, addiction, and behavioral health care all under one roof.

Host

Dr. Sean Kelly, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Customer Strategy, Healthcare

FACEP, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine - part time, Harvard Medical School

Guests

Dustin Hufford

Chief Information Officer and , Cooper University Health Care

Dr. Kaitlan Baston, MD, MSc, DFASAM

Center Head, Cooper Center for Healing

Medical Director of Government Relations at Cooper University Health Care in Camden, NJ

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Dr. Baston is dual boarded in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. She obtained a master’s degree in Neuroscience from Kings College London and then graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. She pursued full spectrum family medicine training with obstetrics in Seattle, Washington, with a concentration in maternal child health. Her work in primary care illuminated the stigma and marginalization associated with addiction, and she observed that both patients and medical professionals suffer from the lack of addiction medicine training and integration into healthcare. With the goals of community centered health care delivery, population health improvement, and hospital system quality improvement, she completed an American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) accredited fellowship She became the medical director of Cooper’s addiction medicine program in 2015, and built what is now the Cooper Center for Healing, which includes integrated pain, addiction, and behavioral health care. As of this center, Dr. Baston currently runs an inpatient addiction consult service, multiple outpatient specialty clinics, a wrap-around perinatal substance use disorder program, undergraduate and graduate medical education in addiction medicine, research, and several million dollars in grant funded programming. This work expanded to state and national level policy in the field of addiction medicine, and beyond. Currently, Dr. Baston is focused on work at a policy level to support state-funded programs for substance use disorder treatment and improvements in population health by addressing social determinants of health. In her role as Medical Director of Government Relations, she strives to ensure that all patients have access to compassionate care and evidence based medical treatments that allow them to live full and satisfying lives. Kaitlan is proud to work with an interdisciplinary team of like-minded, driven individuals at Cooper who are dedicated to making positive change in the healthcare system.

Cooper Center for Healing https://www.cooperhealth.org/services/center-healing

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Dr. Dan Low, MD speaks to his co-worker Dr. Lynn Martin, MD, MBA about how they leveraged Seattle Children's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data to eliminate opioid usage intraoperatively in over 40,000 surgeries. AdaptX was introduced to the Anesthesia team as a self-service clinical performance solution. This allowed clinical teams and their leaders to directly access real-world data collected by their EMRs. Now, they could look across their patients to manage focused improvements and understand the performance of their protocols.

Host

Dr. Dan Low, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Seattle Children’s Hospital

Chief Medical Officer, AdaptX

Guest

Dr. Lynn Martin, MD, MBA

Medical Director, Continuous Improvement, and Innovation at Seattle Children’s Hospital

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

In this episode, the role of a peer recovery coach is highlighted as a novel approach to supporting individuals with substance use disorder. Dr. Evan Schwarz, MD outlines how he has integrated peer recovery coaches into the acute treatment and care of individuals in the Emergency Department. Peer recovery coach Jessica Gallegos MSW, LCSW shares how she approaches patients in the ED, the role of technology in supporting the coordination of care and the journey that led her to this role.

HOSTAmanda Hays, PharmD., MHA, BCPS, CPHQ, DPLA, FASHP

Director, Medical Affairs, BD

GUESTSEvan Schwarz, MD, FACEP, FACMT, FASAM

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Medical Toxicology Division Chief & Fellowship Director, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Jessica Gallegos MSW, LCSW

Clinical Case Manager, Division of Infectious Disease, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

In this episode, co-authors of the recently released ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Diversion of Controlled Substances will discuss the changes to these guidelines as they impact data use and surveillance in the acute and non-acute care settings. They will share the updates to the guidelines and focus on the impact on data use for ongoing surveillance. Additionally, they will discuss the unique challenges of drug diversion prevention outside of acute care settings.HOSTAmanda Hays, PharmD., MHA, BCPS, CPHQ, DPLA, FASHP

Director, Medical Affairs, BD

GUESTSEric Maroyka, PharmD, BCPS

Senior Director, Center Pharmacy Practice Advancement, ASHP

Jordan Rush, PharmD, MS

Director, System Retail & Outpatient Pharmacy, UNC Health

Co-author, ASHP Revised Guidelines, Controlled Substance Diversion

Kristi Gullickson, PharmD, MBA, FASHP, FMSHP, DLPA

Director, Pharmacy and System Operations Lead, Allina Health at Abbot Northwestern Hospital

Co-author, ASHP Revised Guidelines, Controlled Substance Diversion

Host: Patty Lavely, CIO Consultant and Co-chair, CHIME Opioid Task Force

Guests:

Amaury Hernandez, Director of Medical Transportation, Health Care District of Palm Beach

Jonathon Feit, Co-Founder & CEO, Beyond Lucid

Amaury, an experienced flight and ground paramedic with decades of experience shares an overview of EMS work as it relates to the approach and treatment of opioid/substance abuse emergencies. He'll share common barriers to accessing patient data as well as some solutions. Jonathon tackles Amaury’s data issues through his experience working at his company that specializes in software for mobile medical services.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Implementing Dashboard Tools for Clinicians

Addressing Stigma and Knowledge Gaps

Host: Bill Spooner, mostly retired former CIO and member of the Opioid Task Force

In 2010, the area serviced by West Virginia’s Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) was leading the nation in opioid overdose deaths. Dr. Shelda Martin MD, FACP shares her experience with addressing stigma and knowledge gaps that prevent clinicians from identifying and treating opioid use disorder. Dr. W. Kendall Wyatt MD, RN, EMTP’s medical and technological background combined with Dr. Martin’s process and leadership expertise, allowed them to successfully implement an embedded Opioid Tool Kit.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Guests:

Dr. Shelda Martin MD, FACP

Associate Chief Medical Officer, CAMC Memorial Division

Medical Director, CAMC Ryan White Program - HIV Care

Physician Champion, Substance Use Disorder Task Force

Dr. W. Kendall Wyatt, MD, RN, EMTP

Associate Chief Medical Officer – Informatics

Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) Charleston, WV

Host: Patty Lavely, MBA, CHCIO, VP, CIDO, Health Care District of Palm Beach County

Join Host Patty Lavely, MBA, CHCIO, VP, CIDO, Health Care District of Palm Beach County, as she facilitates a discussion about community hospitals and recovery coaches with special guests: Laurisa Guerrero, Director of Peer Services, Georgia Council on Substance Abuse; Karen Hoyt, Chaplain, Northeast Georgia Medical Center; Aubrey Williams, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, RNC-NIC, MATS,Nurse Educator, Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit; and Alexus Pitts, CARES, CPS-AD, MATS, NICU Peer Recovery Coach, Georgia Council on Substance Abuse.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

A Discussion on EMBED Programs

with Dr. Ted Melnick, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Hosted by: Dr. Ryan Stolcpart, PharmD

In this Opioid Action Center Podcast, Dr. Ryan Stolcpart, PharmD, converses with Dr. Ted Melnick, an attending physician in the Emergency Department at Yale-New Haven Hospital’s York Street and Shoreline campuses, about their EMBED program, including an application designed to facilitate MOUD treatment in the ED. Dr. Melnick is currently in his final year as Principal Investigator of the EMBED project, a five-year UG3/UH3 National Institute on Drug Abuse award to develop, disseminate, implement, and test a user-centered decision support system to facilitate ED-initiation of buprenorphine for individuals suffering from opioid user disorder.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

Combatting Substance Abuse in the Community

with Alice McCaffrey, Sullivan County, TN Anti-Drug Coalition

Hosted by Bill Spooner, Retired CIO

Guest Alice McCaffrey is the Director of the Sullivan County Anti-Drug Coalition and has worked for the Coalition since its start in January 2011. Since then the Coalition has grown to 12 staff members and became its own fiscal agent in 2019. Alice has a BS in Business Administration: Organizational Innovation and is a certified prevention specialist, a graduate of CADCA's National Coalition Academy, and a trainer for the TN ACE Initiative: Building Strong Brains, and SAMHSA’s Trauma-Informed Care. She has two grown sons and is a grandmother to three.

The CHIME Opioid Task Force (OTF) was launched in early 2018 with a simple mission: to turn the tide on the opioid epidemic using the knowledge and expertise of the nation’s healthcare IT leaders. While our mission is simple, achieving it is not. Opioid addiction is a complex disease that requires long-term, if not lifetime, care from well-informed clinicians who are supported with easy-to-use and reliable tools.

In this Opioid Action Center podcast, Amanda Hays, BD, hosts Dr. Elizabeth Rebello, MD Anderson, and Dr. Dominic Carollo, Ochsner Health, to discuss substance abuse disorder in the surgical setting and the associated risks to patient and staff safety. They share their thoughts on why OR and Procedural Areas create unique challenges to monitoring for potential drug diversion, their frontline experiences, how they support efforts in their organizations to raise awareness and have successfully implemented technology and processes that help prevent and detect drug diversion.

Interviewees:

Dr. Elizabeth Rebello, MD Anderson Anesthesia, APSF

Dr. Dominic Carollo, Ochsner Health

Moderator: Amanda Hays, PharmD, BD

In this episode, Dr. Kelly Moore, Clinical Psychologist on the Faculty of East Tennessee State University, talks about her work on the issue of stigma and addiction. She shares how her research and clinical experiences led her to do work on destigmatizing substance abuse and mental health problems. She also describes her work in implementing workplace initiatives to reduce stigma, provide treatment for those in recovery, and train employers in this area.

Interviewee: Dr. Kelly Moore, PhD

Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor, Depart of Psychology

Moderator: Bill Spooner, FCHIME, CHCIO

In this podcast episode, Dr. Keith Woeltje, CMIO at Froedtert Health in Wisconsin, shares valuable resources and information about opioid drug diversion. He also describes the role a CMIO can play in raising awareness, implementing technology to help prevent it from happening in a hospital, and his frontline experiences in treating patients with complications of substance use disorder.

Keith F. Woeltje, MD, PhD

VP, Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Froedtert Health in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amanda Hays, Pharm.D., MHA, BCPS, CPHQ, FASHP

Associate Director, Medical Affairs at BD

In this podcast episode, moderator Dave Lehr, Chief Strategy Officer at Meritus Health, interviews Dr. Alan Weiss, Chief Medical Information Officer at Baycare Health System. Dr. Weiss describes the trailblazing analytics dashboards that he and the team at Baycare developed to help fight the opioid crisis. With an innovative data subscription method, digital health leaders can gain insights on which providers may be “outliers” in the number of opioid prescriptions they are writing for patients.

Using this data to follow up with a private and tactful consultation system to help providers realize when their prescriptions may be out of alignment with those of their peers, Dr. Weiss’s team was able to reduce opioid prescriptions by double-digit figures. This breakthrough result is lifesaving, as decreasing the number of prescriptions means also reducing the risk that patients will develop opioid dependencies. In addition, the data shows that reducing the prescription numbers did not appear to lead to any rise in negative outcomes such as increased overdoses from street drugs containing fentanyl. Dr. Weiss looks forward to further analytics developments with his team that will allow the identification of patients at high risk of accidental overdose.

Dr. Alan M. Weiss is CMIO for BayCare Health System. He holds primary responsibility over all clinical systems and their associated governance as well as providing executive leadership over data and analytics. He was previously the first Ambulatory CMIO for Memorial Herman System. Dr. Weiss spent 10 years practicing at the Cleveland Clinic, where he was head of the business informatics group in primary care and head of main campus internal medicine operations. He is passionate about patient care and advocates for the proper use of data and analytics to refine EHR development toward the inclusion of evidence-based medicine.

Dave Lehr is Meritus Health’s first chief strategy officer. In 2021, Governor Larry Hogan appointed him as a commissioner to the Community Health Resources Commission. He also serves on the board for the Washington County Chamber of Commerce. Before joining Meritus, Dave was the chief information officer for Luminis Health, based in Annapolis, where he was selected as one of the top 25 emerging leaders in health care in 2019 by Modern Healthcare.

In this podcast episode, host Dr. Steven H. Linder talks with three other expert physicians who are leaders in the fight against the opioid epidemic: Dr. Casey Grover, Dr. Don Stader, and Dr. Scott Weiner. The panel explores the power of naloxone, the emergency intervention that has saved countless people after accidental overdose with fentanyl, the illicit drug now appearing in pill form and in illegal drugs of all kinds. The physicians give a moving inside look at the actual situation on the front lines, as healthcare professionals and communities join forces to save their loved ones. With opioid-related deaths at an all-time high in 2022, the panelists explore how we can make a difference, whether by carrying naloxone personally, raising awareness of fentanyl’s dangers, or advocating for much-needed investment in addiction medicine. The podcast begins with a 4 minute introduction and background to the subject, followed by the panel discussion at 4:00.

Featuring:

Steven H. Linder, MD, FCCP, American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Pulmonary Medicine, Staff Physician, VA Medical Center Palo Alto, California

Casey Grover, MD, FACEP, Chair of the Division of Emergency Medicine, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and Physician Champion of the Monterey County Prescribe Safe Initiative.

Don Stader, MD, FACEP, Founder & President, Stader Opioid Consultants and Chair of the Colorado Naloxone Project. Physician, Swedish Medical Center and Lincoln Health in Colorado.

Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, Director, Brigham Comprehensive Opioid Response and Education Program, Brigham Women’s Hospital

In this podcast episode, host Andy Smith talks with Dr. Tom Britton about the evolution of treatment for addiction. Britton provides an overview of the recent rise in substance use disorder related to the pandemic. Technology and necessity have now created a much wider variety of options for those in need of treatment. The rapid advancement of virtual healthcare and digital assistance for those in recovery offers new hope: today’s treatment works.

In this episode, Ed Kopetsky describes his personal experiences with Opioid addiction, the stigma surrounding this disease, and the lack of care and treatment options for individuals with addiction and mental health illnesses.

In this podcast episode, Patty Lavely talks with Dr. Belma Andric about an innovative community collaboration to provide more compassionate and effective care after overdoses by creating an Addiction Stabilization Unit. Serving the Healthcare District of Palm Beach County, Patty Lavely is VP and Chief Information and Digital Officer and Dr. Belma Andric is VP and Chief Medical Officer.

In this podcast, Monty Burks shares the passion behind his purpose, and how his personal crisis became a lifetime mission. Monty goes on to talk about the value of a people-first approach to recovery that includes access to resources, support and community.

In this podcast, Dr. Gazelka shares why the Mayo Clinic started their Stewardship Program; education efforts for staff and patients; and metrics around opioid use and how Mayo measured the success of the program.

In this podcast, Dr. Jessee and Trish Tanner share why taking an active role against the opioid crisis is important to them. They go on to talk about the work of the task force in their community; how it is providing treatment, counseling and other resources to those in need; and they offer advice to other communities who may want to start a similar initiative.

In this podcast, Becky Haas shares her knowledge and experience in the area of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and how it correlates to drug use and an inflation of drug-related crimes. From working with the healthcare community to law enforcement, Becky talks about the value of bringing many voices to the table when it comes to advocating, educating and collaborating to move the needle in the battle against drug use and addiction.

Learn more about the work Becky is doing by visiting her site: https://beckyhaas.com

In this podcast, Dr. Porter shares why opioid addiction and stigma is important to her. She also talks about her prescribing practices; how stigma impacts treatment; the role of technology in supporting patients and caregivers; and how she utilizes a cognitive behavioral leadership model.

In this podcast, Judge Sloan talks about mental health and the criminal justice system in Tennessee; his work with the drug recovery courts; the Rural Justice Collaborative as a new initiative across the country; and why he works to bring hope and healing to hurting people.