THE VALUED VOICE

Vol. 65, Issue 14
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Thursday, April 8, 2021

   

WHA Offers Webinar on Fighting Opioid Abuse

The Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) will host a webinar focused on combatting the opioid epidemic on May 3.

The webinar will be presented by WHA’s Physician Improvement Advisor Bobby Redwood, M.D. Dr. Redwood is an emergency and preventive medicine physician and chief of emergency medicine at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass.
 
Reducing the Risk of Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose and Death
May 3, 3021
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
Topics that will be addressed include decreased opioid prescribing, alternatives to opioids, harm reduction (use of naloxone) and medication assisted treatment. The content stems from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines addressing person-centered practices and reducing the risk of opioid use disorder, overdose and death.
 
For more information on this webinar and to register, click here.
 

This story originally appeared in the April 08, 2021 edition of WHA Newsletter

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Thursday, April 8, 2021

WHA Offers Webinar on Fighting Opioid Abuse

The Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) will host a webinar focused on combatting the opioid epidemic on May 3.

The webinar will be presented by WHA’s Physician Improvement Advisor Bobby Redwood, M.D. Dr. Redwood is an emergency and preventive medicine physician and chief of emergency medicine at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass.
 
Reducing the Risk of Opioid Use Disorder, Overdose and Death
May 3, 3021
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
 
Topics that will be addressed include decreased opioid prescribing, alternatives to opioids, harm reduction (use of naloxone) and medication assisted treatment. The content stems from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines addressing person-centered practices and reducing the risk of opioid use disorder, overdose and death.
 
For more information on this webinar and to register, click here.
 

This story originally appeared in the April 08, 2021 edition of WHA Newsletter

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