Prescribers Care: Facing Fentanyl Together
The Fentanyl Crisis: What You Need to Know Now
Learn along with colleagues and local leaders. Providers have adopted safe prescribing practices, increased use of non-narcotic pain management strategies, and made Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) easier to access than ever before.
MATE CME Available.*
Please join us for one of these events!
- Tuesday, May 21st • 5:30–8:00pm
Wood Ranch Country Club
301 Wood Ranch Parkway
Simi Valley, CA
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- Thursday, May 23rd • 5:30–8:00pm
Hyatt Regency Westlake
880 S. Westlake Blvd.
Westlake Village, CA 91361
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Free to Licensed Health Prescribers. Advance registration required.
Dinner & refreshments will be served.
Desired Outcomes
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Critically analyze the impact and risk of the Fentanyl Epidemic on our population
- Integrate this analysis into an effective risk assessment for your patients
- Effectively manage the risks of the Fentanyl Epidemic for your patients
- Consider ethnic, cultural, and societal issues surrounding the use of opioids, tolerance, and addiction and address these issues appropriately
- Reflect on the patient populations most affected and consider how implicit bias may impact appropriate care of these patients
The presentational methods for this activity are Case Presentation with Learner Participation and Lecture with Q&A. The activity content is geared toward all physician specialties. This activity will encompass the following Desirable Physician Attributes: Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Medical Knowledge, Professionalism, and Practice-Based Learning & Improvement.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please call Community Memorial Hospital at (805) 948-5011 should you require special assistance.
If you have questions regarding this series, please contact Shane Meserve at smeserve@giveanhour.org
Join the Prescribers Care Discussion!
Together we are creating change in our community.
Panelists
Chris Young, M.D.
Ventura County Chief Medical Examiner
Sergeant John Hajducko
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department
Joseph C. Vlaskovits, M.D., FAPA
Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine
Program Director, Community Memorial Healthcare Psychiatry Residency Program
Faculty, Ventura County Medical Center Primary Care Addiction on Medicine Fellowship
Medical Director, Substance Use Treatment Services, Ventura County Behavioral Health
Tipu Khan, M.D., FAAFP, FSAM
Chief of Addiction Medicine at VCMC
Family, Emergency, and Addiction Medicine
Fellowship Director, Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Faculty, Family Medicine Residency Program, Ventura County Medical Center
Adjunct Clinical Professor, USC Keck SOM
Matthew Lamon, D.O.
Family and Addiction Medicine
Core Faculty, Ventura County Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program
Associate Program Director, VCMC Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Made possible through funding from Ventura County Behavioral Health Department, in collaboration with Community Memorial Hospital.
*The MATE (Medication Access and Training Expansion) Act requires new or renewing DEA licensees to complete eight (8) hours of training on the treatment and management of patients with substance use disorders.
Community Memorial Hospital is accredited by the California Medical Association (CMA) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Community Memorial Hospital designates each live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS
The Fentanyl Crisis: What You Need to Know Now
May 9, 2023 • 5:30–8:00 PM
Ventura County faces a crisis of fentanyl deaths. In 2022 there were 181 accidental overdose deaths involving fentanyl. In just three short years our county has experienced a 445% increase in fentanyl fatalities. However, these deaths only represent a fraction of the total number of Ventura County individuals, families, and communities harmed by substance misuse, and suffering daily from chronic use disorders. We invite you to join us in changing this reality.
In facing our local crisis, the importance of practitioner training in substance use disorders cannot be overstated. All members of a patient’s care team play important roles, but primary care providers are pivotal in providing increased access to treatment. The recent elimination of the X-waiver requirement to prescribe buprenorphine for opioid use disorder offers the chance to expand access to treatment in primary care settings, which can turn the tide of the opioid crisis.
PANELISTS
- Chris Young, M.D., Ventura County Chief Medical Examiner
- Sergeant John Hajducko, Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
- Joseph C. Vlaskovits, M.D., Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine, Program Director, Community Memorial Healthcare Psychiatry Residency Program; Faculty, Ventura County Medical Center Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship; Medical Director, Substance Use Treatment Services, Ventura County Behavioral Health
- Tipu Khan, M.D., FAAFP, FASAM, Chief of Addiction Medicine at VCMC; Family, Emergency, and Addiction Medicine; Fellowship Director, Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship; Faculty, Family Medicine Residency Program, Ventura County Medical Center; Adjunct Clinical Professor, USC Keck SOM
- Mathew Lamon, D.O., Family and Addiction Medicine; Core Faculty, Ventura County Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program; Associate Program Director, VCMC Primary Care Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Latest Trends in Overdose: What Prescribers Need to Know About Illicit Fentanyl
May 11, 2022 • 5:30–7:30 PM
The CDC estimates that up to 83% of opioid overdose deaths in 2020 involved synthetic opioids. Join the discussion with other local medical leaders on what this means for local communities. Prescribers are key to preventing opioid misuse by patients that can progress to an opioid use disorder (OUD), illicit fentanyl use and subsequent death. If you are dedicated to improving health outcomes and patient well-being, please join the discussion.
PRESENTED BY
- Chris Young, MD, Ventura County Chief Medical Examiner
- Tipu V. Khan, MD, FAAFP, FASAM; Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director, VCMC
- Sergeant John Hajducko, Ventura County Sheriff’s Department
Evidence-based Safe Prescribing
June 8, 2022 • 5:30–7:30 PM
Join us for a review of local opioid prescribing trends. We’ll discuss how safe prescribing and use of CURES can prevent or reduce opioid misuse and opioid use disorder (OUD) in our patients. Hear from Tipu Khan MD, an author of the newest California Guidelines for Safe Opioid Prescribing, on how to utilize the newest guidelines in our practices. Learn how other local Primary Care and Pain Management Specialist use effective safe prescribing strategies to treat patients at risk of opioid misuse or opioid use disorder (OUD).
PRESENTED BY
- Tipu V. Khan, MD, FAAFP, FASAM; Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director, VCMC
- Kyle Stephens, DO, Family Medicine Specialist, Primary Care
- George Chang Chien, DO, Director of Pain Management, Ventura County Medical Center
Deprescribing is Good Prescribing
August 31, 2022 • 5:30–7:30 PM
Just as safe prescribing is an integral and effective strategy to prevent opioid use disorder, safe deprescribing is also key. In this workshop, we’ll discuss when, and how to safely and effectively taper patients from opioid usage. Is the deprescribing plan not working? Let’s talk about how to talk with patients about opioid use disorder and effective referrals to substance use treatment.
PRESENTED BY
- Tipu V. Khan, MD, FAAFP, FASAM; Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director, VCMC
- Kyle Stephens, DO, Family Medicine Specialist, Primary Care
- George C. Chang Chien, DO, Director of Pain Management, Ventura County Medical Center
PERSON-CENTERED STRATEGIES TO REDUCE OPIOID OVERDOSE
September 21, 2022 • 5:30–7:30 PM
Join the discussion on how as leaders in health care we can do our part in reversing the current opioid overdose death trend in our community. Learn more about the latest advances in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment, how new approaches to integrated care and cutting-edge harm reduction strategies
can reduce overdoses in our community. Discuss how to educate patients on what they can do to prevent opioid misuse.
PRESENTED BY
- Loretta L. Denering, DrPH, MS; Assistant Director, Ventura County Behavioral Health
- Rachel McDuffee, PsyD; Regional Director Aegis Treatment Centers
- Tipu V. Khan, MD, FAAFP, FASAM; Addiction Medicine Fellowship Director, VCMC
For more information: Ashley.Nettles@ventura.org
PREVIOUS TRAININGS & EVENTS
- National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit 2019
- Western States Opioid Summit, San Diego - November 7 & 8, 2019
- COAST Year One Progress Event - November 12, 2019
- National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit 2018
- Opioid Solutions Summit - August 29, 2017
- Ventura County’s Benzodiazepine Performance Improvement Project Award, CAPH/SNI Annual Conference - December 7, 2016
- Informing the Community: Plane of Pills Media Event - May 18, 2016
- Safe Pain Medicine Prescribing Policy Launched Countywide - January 29, 2015
SUPPORTING PRESCRIBERS WITH TRAINING
Prescribers may underestimate the risks of opioid addiction while overestimating painkiller benefits. The Ventura County Rx Abuse & Heroin Workgroup offers prescribers, hospitals and clinics up-to-date information and training for safe prescribing and on-site patient education. Safe prescriber education addresses the opioid epidemic by training prescribers to respond before opioids are prescribed. See the Safe Prescribing Toolkit.
When opioids are used, start low and go slow:
- Assess pain and function
- Consider if non-opioid therapies are appropriate
- Talk to patients about treatment plan
- Evaluate risk of harm of misuses
- Identify drug misuse/addiction
- Query CURES 2.0 to confirm patient information
