Opioid Crisis in Alabama: From Silos to Solutions

The Opioid Crisis in Alabama: From Silos to Solutions is led by the Quality Committee of the Alabama Healthcare Improvement Task Force in coordination with representatives from public health, mental health, the treatment community and law enforcement. The 2017 summit was designed to bring together legislators, regulators, educators, healthcare providers, law enforcement professionals and others to examine the crisis from the national view, the state view, addiction and treatment in general and best practices from other states. The ultimate outcome of the summit is to bring about policy change in our state to positively impact the crisis.

2018 Summit Registration 

The 2018 summit was held on Friday, April 27, 2018 from 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m. at Frazer United Methodist Church, 6000 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, AL  36117. 

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2018 Clinical Conference

The 2018 clinical conference was held on Friday, August 10, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at The Harbert Center, 2019 4th Ave N, Birmingham, AL 35203.

• Agenda
• Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Neonatal Withdrawal Syndrome  (Morissa Ladinsky,MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine UAB)
• The Opioid Crisis and the Regional Poison Control Center  (Ann P. Slattery DrPH, RN, RPh, DABAT, Director, Regional Poison Control Center)

2017 Summit Videos

• Opioid Crisis in Alabama: From Silos to Solutions (On Demand)

2017 Summit Presentations

• Alabama Board of Medical Examiners Efforts to Combat Opioid Overuse (George C. Smith, Jr., Alabama Board of Medical Examiners)
• Alabama's Emerging Hepatitis C Epidemic and Vulnerability to an Outbreak of HIV Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs (James W. Galbraith, UAB) (4 MB)
• Alabama Medicaid Opioid Prescribing Trends and Outcomes (Robert Moon, Alabama Medicaid Agency) (1 MB)
• Behavioral Health is Essential to Health (Kimberly Johnson, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) (4 MB)
• The Dancing Chicken (Tommy Woods) (1 MB)
• The Federal Response to the Nation's Opioid Crisis (Stephanie McCladdie, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) (4 MB)
• Naloxone: Jefferson County's Experience and the Importance of Improving Access (Mark Wilson, Jefferson County Department of Health) (1 MB)
• Opioid Use in Pregnancy and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (Morissa Ladinsky, UAB) (3 MB)
• Opioid within Incarcerated Populations and the Response of the State of Alabama Department of Corrections (Bruce Kimble, Alabama Department of Corrections) (1 MB)
• PDMP Best Practices: Florida's Success (Rebecca R. Poston, Florida Public Health) (2 MB)
• Resist the Opioid Pendulum: Understanding Opioids and Pain, and How They Relate to Addiction (Stefan G. Kertesz, UAB) (1 MB)
• Rhode Island - Path to Success (Linda Mahoney, Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare) (1 MB)
• State Strategies for Addressing the Opioid Crisis (Melinda Becker, National Governors Association) (2 MB)
• What's the Cost? A Blue Cross Perspective (Anne M. Schmidt, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama) (2 MB)