Table 5 Supportive interventions identified

Support for patients in pain

Support groups, case management and pain clinic vetting and referrals.

8

4

Hospital ED policy

Local practices to limit ED or inpatient OA prescribing and checking prescription drugs monitoring programs prior to prescribing

4

Electronic alert system

Systems that alert providers to possible opioid abuse situations without mandating their use

4

Provider education

Education of medical professionals in chronic pain treatment

3

Statewide prescription policies

Practices or wide-ranging regulations to limit OA prescription within a legislative territory

3

Addiction treatment

Opioid agonist therapies and policies supporting their use

2

Community education

Promotion of public awareness of prescription opioid overdose

2

Diversion control

Removal of unused medications and training of local law enforcement with OA diversion

2

Naloxone policies

Promotion of the adoption of policies to disseminate the opioid antagonist naloxone to opioid users

2