Mandatory Reporting of Fatal and Nonfatal Opioid Overdoses in a Rural Public Health Department

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ID11022294
AuthorsChristopher Frank (0000-0001-6707-8599, Healthy Families of Clallam County), Christopher J Frank (Christopher J. Frank is with Clallam County Health and Human Services, Port Angeles, WA, and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Siri E. Kushner is with the Kitsap Public Health District, Bremerton, WA. David A. Doran is with Clallam County Health and Human Services. Jeanette Stehr-Green is with the Clallam County Board of Health, Port Angeles.), Siri E Kushner (Christopher J. Frank is with Clallam County Health and Human Services, Port Angeles, WA, and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Siri E. Kushner is with the Kitsap Public Health District, Bremerton, WA. David A. Doran is with Clallam County Health and Human Services. Jeanette Stehr-Green is with the Clallam County Board of Health, Port Angeles.), David A Doran (Christopher J. Frank is with Clallam County Health and Human Services, Port Angeles, WA, and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Siri E. Kushner is with the Kitsap Public Health District, Bremerton, WA. David A. Doran is with Clallam County Health and Human Services. Jeanette Stehr-Green is with the Clallam County Board of Health, Port Angeles.), Jeanette Stehr-Green (Christopher J. Frank is with Clallam County Health and Human Services, Port Angeles, WA, and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Siri E. Kushner is with the Kitsap Public Health District, Bremerton, WA. David A. Doran is with Clallam County Health and Human Services. Jeanette Stehr-Green is with the Clallam County Board of Health, Port Angeles.), Jeanette K Stehr‐Green (Healthy Families of Clallam County)
Year2018
Volume108
Issue12
Pages1646-1648
Publication date2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2018.304690
PMID30359101
OpenAlexW2898135417
LanguageEN
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In 2016, Clallam County became the first county in Washington State to mandate reporting of fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses. This reporting improved our understanding of opioid overdoses in the community and allowed us to provide harm reduction and case management services after nonfatal overdoses. By using the Washington State Prescription Monitoring Program, we have been able to notify health care providers when their patients have experienced a fatal or nonfatal opioid overdose to help better guide their prescribing practices

(+)-Naloxone · Drug overdose · Environmental health · Family medicine · Harm reduction · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Medical prescription · Occupational safety and health · Opioid · Opioid overdose · Poison control · Public health · Suicide prevention · Emergency Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Pain Management and Opioid Use · Poisoning and overdose treatments

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