Joint Providership (IHA): Take Home Naloxone: Creating Access & Saving Lives

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Thursday, May 29, 2025, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Video Conference (Live)

The goal of the Take Home Naloxone: Creating Access & Saving Lives webinar is to provide hospitals with information surrounding the Illinois Drug Overdose Prevention Program (DOPP), a resource designed by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) to provide free take home naloxone kits to at-risk individuals. This one-hour informational session will outline recent updates to the DOPP that have resulted in a streamlined and simplified hospital enrollment, ordering and reporting process. Guidance for how hospitals can successfully implement a take home naloxone program within their emergency departments and inpatient units will also be provided.

1. Explain the scope of the overdose epidemic in Illinois and the importance of providing trauma-informed care to people experiencing opioid use disorder.
2. Describe the benefits of implementing a take home naloxone program using the improved and streamlined Illinois Drug Overdose Prevention Program (DOPP) reporting portal.
3. Demonstrate how hospitals can implement a successful take home naloxone program within their organizations through the application of practical strategies and lessons learned.
4. Discuss common barriers to implementing a Take Home Naloxone program and identify solutions for addressing them.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (1.00 hours)

Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) to provide Continuing Medical Education to physicians. Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Illinois State Medical Society (ISMS) through the joint providership of Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals and Illinois Health and Hospital Association. The Endeavor Health: Edward-Elmhurst Hospitals program is accredited by the ISMS to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

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