Alex Anderson

Health Equity: the most important place to focus for health and health care improvement. teapawt.net/TheIHI/status/76267197…

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@madgeatihi Thanks to all for joining #WIHI with @TheIHI and join us next time to discuss Joy in Work on May 5

Dr. Joel from @KPShare: what we did to improve can be done anywhere. @TheIHI #WIHI

Pharamacies drug take back programs are one step to get the supply under control. @TheIHI #WIHI

From @TheIHI #WIHI chat: What can med students do? Improved initial education; alternative pain mgmt; interact with young ppl in schools

Joel: Goal is not to blame doctors; process to rethink and improvement practice @TheIHI #WIHI

#WIHI listener comment: MDs blamed 15 yrs ago for NOT doing enough for pain mgmt. Now, blame for too much prescribing. @TheIHI #WIHI

Ideas for safety: Needle exchanges. Safe injections sites. Others? @TheIHI #WIHI

@madgeatihi similarities to antibiotics overuse? @LindsayRMartin some similarities. Diverge at addictive nature of opioids. @TheIHI #WIHI

Joel: Does lower opioid prescribing lead to more heroin use? Unclear from @KPShare view. Working with Public Health to track. @TheIHI #WIHI

Joseph Foster: Marketing from Pharma + Over prescribing from well meaning doctors = overdose epidemic

"We cannot arrest our way out of the problem" -Joeseph Foster, AG for New Hampshire @TheIHI #WIHI

Fentanyl rising in utilization. 50x more powerful than heroin. @TheIHI #WIHI

91.5% of all New Hampshire drug deaths cause by opiates/opioids @TheIHI #WIHI

New Hampshire Drug Deaths per 100k population: 50/year before 2000. 400+/year in 2015 @TheIHI #WIHI

Opioid Use Populations: Naive Patients. High Does Chronic Users.Opioid Dependent seeking within health care, and outside of it.@TheIHI #WIHI

#WIHI is joined today Dr. Joel Hyatt from @KPShare and Att.Gen. Joseph Foster of New Hampshire, and from IHI @LindsayRMartin and @mladerman

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About to start live tweeting this week's #WIHI for @TheIHI: How can health care alter prescribing & reduce opioid addiction?