Compass Opioid Stewardship Expert Spotlight Iowa Healthcare Collaborative

Dr. Don Stader, MD, and Dr. Rachael Duncan, PharmD, sit down to chat with Dr. Heath McAnally, MD, to discuss the nuances between different opioid agents and how to choose between them to match your patient's needs. Tune in as we review the biological pain pathways and how the mu and kappa receptors are involved with different opioid agents and then talk through common opioids including morphine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, codeine, tramadol, fentanyl, and tapentadol.
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative presents the Compass Opioid Stewardship Expert Spotlight podcast in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Visit their website for more information on the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program
 

Hosts Don Stader, MD and Rachael Duncan, PharmD sit down with Howard Schubiner, MD to discuss mind body medicine and the power of perception when it comes to pain. Dr. Schubiner discusses how the brain is responsible for much of the pain we experience and how we can harness this knowledge to reduce it after ruling out structural sources.
 
Resources for clinicians:
Hidden From View by Allan Abass, MD and Howard Schubiner, MD
Resources for patients:
Mind Body Connection Animated Series
Unlearn Your Pain by Howard Schubiner, MD
Dr. Schubiner’s website with more resources
 
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative presents the Compass Opioid Stewardship Expert Spotlight podcast in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Visit their website for more information on the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program

Hosts Don Stader, MD and Rachael Duncan, PharmD sit down with Kate Nicholson, JD, the founder of the nonprofit National Pain Advocacy Center whose mission is to advance the health and human rights of people in pain. Kate discusses her entry into the field of pain and her own journey developing and managing chronic pain and how she has used her experience to advocate for those with chronic pain. Learn about the policy initiatives NPAC is working on to fulfill their mission and transform pain care.
 
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative presents the Compass Opioid Stewardship Expert Spotlight podcast in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Visit their website for more information on the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program
 

Host Rachael Duncan, PharmD sits down with Alexis Ritvo, MD, an assistant professor at CU Anschutz School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Program Director at Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Colorado to discuss all things benzodiazepines. Tune in to learn about tapering strategies, polypharma interactions and increased risks involving benzodiazepines and much more.
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative presents the Compass Opioid Stewardship Expert Spotlight podcast in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Visit their website for more information on the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program.
Resources:
Sleepwell: Online CBTi resource
VA resources
https://mobile.va.gov/app/insomnia-coach
https://mobile.va.gov/app/cbt-i-coach
Colorado Crisis Services
Sondermind: looks at insurance and finds you covered providers in area you’re looking for
Denver mental health collective
Psychology Today: find therapist or other mental health professional
Alliance for Benzodiazepines
Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention benzodiazepine work group and resources for benzo prescribing/deprescribing

Hosts Don Stader, MD and Rachael Duncan, PharmD sit down with Andrew Herring, MD and Charles Hawthorne of CA Bridge to discuss healthy equity and disparities in the opioid epidemic. CA Bridge is a pioneering organization that expands access of evidence-based addiction care to those who use drugs across California, Andrew serves as the Director and Co-Principal Investigator and Charles is the Equity and Harm Reduction Project Manager. This episode explores the history of the opioid epidemic and where health disparities and access to care arose from. Tune in for an insightful conversation about how CA Bridge is paving the way forward to reduce health disparities and better utilize medication assisted treatment (MAT) to manage substance use disorder.
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative presents the Compass Opioid Stewardship Expert Spotlight podcast in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Visit their website for more information on the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program

Hosts Dr. Don Stader and Dr. Rachael Duncan, PharmD sit down with Dr. Emily Einstein, PhD, chief of the Science Policy Branch for the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This episode ranges from policy issues at NIDA and plans to implement actionable interventions to improve care for those suffering from addiction to in-depth biology of addiction. Tune in for a fascinating discussion on NIDA's current operations to combat the opioid epidemic.
Iowa Healthcare Collaborative presents the Compass Opioid Stewardship Expert Spotlight podcast in partnership with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Visit their website for more information on the Compass Opioid Stewardship Program.