Tuesday, April 23, 2024
4/23/2024
Oklahoma State University for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS), acting through the Center for Wellness and Recovery and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, seeks to expand and enhance existing addiction training efforts to better prepare physicians to treat the opioid epidemic. Untreated opioid use disorder has a devastating affect on generations of area families. In 2016 813 Oklahomans died from overdoses resulting in a rate of 21.5 p/100,000 (CDC). Nationwide, the rate was 19.8 p/100,000. The Trust for America’s Health reports that the rate could well increase to 31.7 p/100,000 by 2025 in the state if drastic steps are not implemented. Opioid misuse is a serious and growing problem. A major gap is the lack of available trained, certified, and funded providers of medication assisted treatment (MAT). According to SAMHSA, in 2018 Oklahoma has only 42 certified physicians in their first year of buprenorphine waiver and 4 certified physicians in their second year or beyond. The total buprenorphine treatment capacity of these physicians is 1,660 patients. In 2017, 112 Oklahoma physicians were in their first year of waiver, and an additional 12 had been practicing for multiple years – a service capacity of 4,560 patients. Lack of available and appropriate training for additional certified physicians has created a significant gap in the provision of service. Consequently, the capacity to treat patients in Oklahoma with an opioid use disorder has declined by 2,900 patients in one year. The major barrier is the lack of integration of waiver training into graduate medical education. This project will allow integration of DATA waiver training into the second year of graduate medical education for all residents in the OSU system. The evaluation plan was developed with great consideration for the needs of the target population in our large and complex service area. OSU-CHS has a proven ability to collect and report GPRA data in similar populations at the individual and program levels (NIAAA, DOJ, and HRSA). Specifically, the project will collect data including number of people in the workforce trained in mental health practices, number who received prevention and mental health promotion training, and the number referred for mental health services. Data will be collected reported into SPARS as required and the evaluation team will develop and conduct routine structured reviews of collected GPRA performance data.
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