Translating Evidence on Opioid Overdose Prevention into Practice

Aim 1: Performance Measure Development & Hospital Performance

• Develop measures to assess uptake of evidence-based clinical interventions for patients at risk of overdose across settings, leveraging multiple administrative and clinical data sources, including Medicaid claims and hospital system-wide electronic health records (EHR).
• Utilize these measures to assess organizational performance in engagement in treatment for OUD following opioid overdose across 13 hospitals in the RWJBH.

Aim 2: Hospital Case Studies (Higher Performers, Most Improved)

• Identify practices and implementation strategies used by high-performing and most-improved hospitals through in-depth case studies; identify mechanisms through which these facilities achieved change.

Aim 3: Dissemination of Best Practices

• Collaborate with the hospital system to disseminate specific strategies