Episodes

  • Warriors Fighting the Good Fight: It Takes All of Us to Battle the Addiction Epidemic

    Warriors Fighting the Good Fight: It Takes All of Us to Battle the Addiction Epidemic
    Aug 27 2021
    What are veterans experiencing in this battle against opioid use disorder? Two veterans share their stories of realizing how this has hit their community hard. The battle off the battlefield continues and being there for each other to make a difference is what it's all about.
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    30 mins
  • It is My Job - Substance Use Disorders in the Emergency Department

    It is My Job - Substance Use Disorders in the Emergency Department
    Aug 27 2021
    The emergency room is the first line of defense in saving lives to the opioid crisis. Hearing from our 2 guests today on how they are working to change what VA does in the ED to connect veterans into care for treatment with buprenorphine and assuring they have access to life saving treatments life naloxone.
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    21 mins
  • Making Connections During the Pandemic

    Making Connections During the Pandemic
    Aug 27 2021
    Whether it is connecting with patients, caregivers, or providers video is the new norm, hear from our 2 guests on how the new normal of video connection has been integrated into the day to day care that means closing the gap for high risk care for veterans.
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    28 mins
  • Working Outside Lines: Social Workers, Outreach Education and Creating New Connections

    Working Outside Lines: Social Workers, Outreach Education and Creating New Connections
    Aug 13 2021
    Talking about outreach, getting to the patients in the community reaching them outside of their regularly scheduled visit and inviting them into care. What does that look like with partnerships in the VA system.
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    24 mins
  • Anchors of Hope: Public Health Suicide Prevention in VA

    Anchors of Hope: Public Health Suicide Prevention in VA
    Aug 13 2021
    In general, Veterans have been shown to have higher rates of suicide than their non-Veteran peers. VA has made suicide prevention, substance use disorder treatment, and drug overdose interventions a priority. In this episode we will hear from Aimee Johnson who leads innovation on Suicide Prevention efforts for Veterans on new strategies VA has made in impacting suicide prevention with a public health approach.
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    23 mins
  • Leveraging Data to Improve Quality of Care

    Leveraging Data to Improve Quality of Care
    Aug 13 2021
    Using risk assessment and population health resources to help us in the war against the opioid epidemic has become a standard part of VA practice. We are using population health tools across many disease management areas to alert us to opportunities for outreach both to veterans and healthcare teams to offer care.
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    25 mins
  • Catalyzing Practice Change to Save Lives

    Catalyzing Practice Change to Save Lives
    Jul 30 2021
    How Knowledge Translation conducted through face to face visits by pharmacist across the system transformed how people felt about naloxone and their role in prescribing is key to why VHA has invested in outreach to clinical staff for important safety initiatives for veterans.
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    35 mins
  • No Wrong Door to Receive Substance Use Disorder Care

    No Wrong Door to Receive Substance Use Disorder Care
    Jul 30 2021
    One might ask what is different about VA’s approach to SUD care and our guest this week will share what we are currently seeing as well as the vision of No Wrong Door built through expanding SUD expertise across the organization and infrastructure through the stepped care model for SUD care.
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    35 mins