PCSS Exchange Session 1 – Explore, Part 1

Presenter(s): Gavin Bart, MD, PhD; Joan Kandel, DO, and Annie Potter, MSN, MPH, NP, CARN-AP

Have you considered prescribing Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) to treat your patients with opioid use disorder (OUD)? Have you wondered what is required to prescribe buprenorphine or other pharmacotherapies? If you answered yes to either or both of these questions, this PCSS Exchange session could provide you with the critical information and steps in determining the readiness of your site and clinical leadership. Initiating MAT into your setting requires that you think through the business case for service expansion and strategize how to best engage, identify and motivate site champions and key staff to work with you in the implementation and integration of this clinical service.