ED Bridge

This document was developed in collaboration with the Department of Behavioral Health, Developmental & Intellectual Disabilities, Department of Medicaid Services, and the Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors

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This toolkit offers leading practices as a framework for action across inpatient, primary care and pharmacy settings, with toolkits provided for each setting. AHA/HRET has identified both challenges and opportunities and detailed them in alignment with the three focus areas for improving linkage to and retention in care. Note that due to the interconnected nature of OUD and StUD care, information about both conditions will often look similar across settings throughout the …

Treatment Services for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Treatment Services for Stimulant Use Disorder (StimUD)
Recovery Support Services Received in the Emergency Department
Demographics
Naloxone Distribution

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How can we set up peer-to-peer or secondary naloxone distribution?

Quick Response Teams (QRTs) follow up with people who have survived an overdose, offering naloxone and linkage to life-saving community support.

It’s now easier than ever for hospitals and healthcare organizations to distribute naloxone directly to people that are likely to witness overdose.

Naloxone Leave Behind is a collaboration between public health and public safety that allows First Responders to leave naloxone on-scene with patients and their support system.

Naloxone kiosks are publicly accessible outdoor boxes that are designed to distribute naloxone anonymously around the clock.

The Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) Harm Reduction Program partners with Local Health Departments and Community-Based Organizations who serve individuals at risk of overdose. These services are provided throughout Kentucky to better meet the needs of individuals at risk of overdose in a variety of ways.

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In partnership with OMNI Institute, the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence published this toolkit to help guide your program or organization through a values-driven process, resulting in an evaluation plan highlighting the most important aspects of peer recovery support. Information, worksheets, and resources are provided for each phase of the process, which includes identifying program values and related outcomes, choosing evaluation tools, plan implementation, and sustainability strategies.

Please refer to this guide when requesting Naloxone as of July 1, 2024.

This information is to help you better understand the risks and benefits of taking an opioid medication that is prescribed to you. It may also help you communicate better with your doctor or healthcare provider when discussing your pain management.

Find Naloxone Now KY

Includes examples and cases for motivating patients (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

If we want addiction destigmatized, we need a language that’s unified. The words we use matter. Caution needs to be taken, especially when the disorders concerned are heavily stigmatized as substance use disorders are.

The Kentucky Department for Public Health Harm Reduction Program is excited to announce the launch of Find Naloxone Now KY, a statewide naloxone access portal and locator map that connects Kentuckians to 136 locations where naloxone is available locally and free of charge.

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Kentucky Recovery Housing Network

Naloxone educational how-to and informational guide from the Department of Public Health

Kentucky Public Health

Kentucky Public Health

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Enables patients and family members to find information about available substance use disorder treatment options in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Assess OUD, opioid withdrawal, and treatment readiness for ED-initiated buprenorphine

Quantifies severity of opiate withdrawal

Yale School of Medicine

North Carolina Healthcare Association

Transforming Addiction Treatment Through 24/7 Access in Emergency Departments

The Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition improves the public health of Kentuckians by reducing overdoses, overdose deaths, and the transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV and HCV.

Find help and treatment

UNSHAME Kentucky is a public health campaign aimed to reduce the addiction-related stigma held by Kentuckians across the state.

Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Team Kentucky

Find a Prescription Drug Disposal Location

The Peer Support Specialist (PSS) plays an integral role in the ED Bridge Program. The success of the program will be dependent upon the PSS as well as the other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Recommendations, Key Points of Patient Education, Naloxone Products for Bystander Use, Pharmacist-Initiated Dispensing of Naloxone, Talking About Naloxone

KORE

Guide for Prescribers and Pharmacists

SAMSHA TIP 64

HEALing Communities Study KY and Voices of Hope Lexington

908 KAR 2:220. Adult peer support specialist.

Proposed Amendment

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration