Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
As part of the twice-monthly SUD Care Continuum ECHO® series, Ruth Potee, MD, DFASAM, FAAFP, will review the basics of methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) and discuss its regulations, access, and administration. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.
Boston Medical Center's (BMC) drop-in series Substance Use Disorder Care Continuum ECHO® (SUD Care Continuum ECHO®) offers training and support in addiction treatment, with a focus on supporting front line addiction treatment workforce. This includes health providers in Acute Treatment Services (ATS), Crisis Stabilization Services (CSS), Transitional Support Services (TSS), Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP), long-term residential program, sober and recovery homes, primary care, and psychiatry. This free, case-based tele-mentoring program is designed to increase the capacity of health care providers to implement high-quality and evidence-based addiction treatment.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Ruth Potee, MD
Dr. Ruth Potee is a board-certified family physician and addiction medicine physician. She is currently the Medical Director for Behavioral Health Network and the Franklin County House of Corrections. She oversees 10 opioid treatment programs (OTP), including the first fully licensed jail OTP in the country.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
- Understand the basics of treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) with methadone.
- Discuss regulations, access and administration of methadone for OUD.
Sponsored by
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS).
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
