A Resource for Healthcare and Social Services Professionals
February 18, 2020
9:00 am–12:00 pm ET
This training will prepare medical staff for the implementation of H4742, An Act for Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care & Treatment of Addiction.
Berkshire County House of Corrections
467 Cheshire Road
Pittsfield, MA
Treatment with FDA-approved medication (MOUD) is the standard of care for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). Although the evidence shows that the use of medications improves outcomes and reduces morbidity and mortality for individuals with OUD, especially during the high-risk 30-day post-incarceration period, MOUD is not uniformly available inmates in our correctional settings.
This training will prepare medical staff for the implementation of H4742, An Act for Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care & Treatment of Addiction.
Medical staff in the Massachusetts Department of Correction.
After this training, participants will:
Boston Medical Center Grayken Center for Addiction; Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Bureau of Substance Addiction Services
Boston Medical Center grants 3.00 hours to all nurses who attend, complete the evaluation, and complete the post test. Boston Medical Center is approved as a provider of continuing nursing professional development by the American Nurses Association, Massachusetts, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.