Increasing Awareness for the Opioid Aftercare Coordination Service (OACS)

Authors

Michael Weintraub, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Harry Wang, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Sean Dikdan, MD, MPH, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Alexys Monoson, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Shalini Krishnasamy, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Jillian Zavodnick, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Background

• The United States is in a crisis of opiate related adverse events. From 1999 2017, more than 700,000 people in the U.S. died from drug related overdose; 68% of those involved opioids
• Admissions at Jefferson Hospital for opioid abuse complications are common among the medicine services. Treating patients for their opiate addiction is essential to prevent future opioid overdoses and other complications
• Jefferson has initiated an Opioid Aftercare Coordination Service (OACS) consult system in response to this crisis in order to increase the number of patients who receive medications for opioid use disorder on discharge
• OACS serves both Jefferson Hospital and Methodist and aims to: – Link patients with medications for opioid use disorder after discharge – Provide access to ancillary resources inpatient and outpatient – Provide in hospital counseling

Publication Date

6-6-2019

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

quality improvement, opioid aftercare coordination service, patient care, resident education

Disciplines

Internal Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences

Comments

Presented at the 2019 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Recommended Citation

Weintraub, MD, Michael; Wang, MD, Harry; Dikdan, MD, MPH, Sean; Monoson, MD, Alexys; Krishnasamy, Shalini; and Zavodnick, MD, Jillian, "Increasing Awareness for the Opioid Aftercare Coordination Service (OACS)" (2019). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 104.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/104