Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) | Atlanta, GA
The opioid crisis doesn’t have just one solution. Over the years, partnerships and collaborations have proved critical to saving lives, so Abt has helped federal, state, and local agencies and other stakeholders in their efforts to prevent opioid misuse. We approach the opioid epidemic with a multidisciplinary lens, using rigorous methods and data analysis to promote evidence-based solutions.
The Rx Summit is the largest, most influential event addressing the opioid crisis, where strategies are shared and put into action. The summit attracts a wide range of multidisciplinary stakeholders and focuses on the latest strategies for prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Join Abt’s experts at this year’s Rx Summit and be sure to visit our poster presentation during the conference. Links to our top opioid misuse research, prescribing resources, and management tools can be found below.
Abt Featured Sessions
Date: Monday, April 10, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM ET | Tuesday, April 11, 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM ET | Wednesday, April 12, 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM ET
Location: Exhibit Hall
Poster Session: “Implementing opioid quality improvement and stewardship interventions in health care: What have we learned so far?”
Presenters:
Additional Resources
Maternal Opioid Misuse (MOM) Model Evaluation - Pre-Implementation Evaluation Report
Abt is evaluating CMS’s MOM Model to improve care and reduce costs for pregnant and postpartumMedicaid beneficiaries with OUD and their infants.
Six Building Blocks for Opioid Management
Primary care practices need to redesign the way they provide care to balance preventing opioid misuse and potential risks while addressing the needs of patients with chronic pain. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded Abt a…
Evaluating Maternal Opioid Misuse Initiative
The prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant women and the incidence of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) due to in-utero exposure to opioids have soared over the past two decades. The prevalence of NOWS among infants enrolled in…
Managing Opioid Use and Misuse in Older Adults
Older adults are twice as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often rely on opioid treatment. As a result, opioid use, misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who are vulnerable to adverse reactions…
Developing Clinical Quality Improvement Measures Aligned With the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
An Important Strategy to Support Safer Prescribing in Primary CareAfter the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Abt helped the CDC develop quality improvement measures for opioidprescribing and management. The process involved a literature search, online survey, semistructured interviews, and a group discussion. The goal was to develop metrics that were important, valid, timely, useful, needed, and low burden. One critical challenge: the limitations of data that electronic health records capture.
Do No Harm. And If There Already Is Some, Reduce It.
Wars on drugs fail. Reducing harm and treating substance use disorder as a disease, not a crime, is likely to be far more effective.
SAMHSA Evidence-Based Resource Guide Series
SAMHSA and an Abt-led team develop and disseminate evidence-based guides for healthcare practitioners and communities to prevent and treat SUD, SMI, and SED.