ORN Fall 2025 - Worried About Nights, Weekends, and Wait Times? Try Tablets, Peers, & Parking Lots

Description:

This session will explore innovative strategies to improve post-overdose response and linkage to care for individuals with opioid use disorder. Drawing on findings from the recently published "What About Nights, Weekends, and Wait Times?" study, Dr. Rachel Winograd will describe how facilitated, on-demand telemedicine and integration of peer support specialists can reduce delays in initiating buprenorphine treatment. The talk will highlight lessons learned from Missouri’s EPICC-Rapid Access model, discuss the persistent challenges of racial disparities and treatment gaps, and offer practical policy and system-level implications for scaling patient-centered, life-saving interventions.

Learning objectives:

At the conclusion of this seminar, attendees should be able to:

Describe barriers to timely initiation of methadone and buprenorphine following overdose.
Explain how on-demand, facilitated telemedicine can expand rapid access to medication for opioid use disorder.
Discuss the importance of integrating peer support specialists into post-overdose response.
Identify policy and system-level opportunities to reduce treatment delays.

CME

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits Available

Participants in this program may earn the following CME credits:

✔ 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit
✔ 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
✔ 1 AAPA Category 1 CME Credit
✔ 1 Nurses CNE Credit

Earn valuable continuing education credits while enhancing your professional knowledge!

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What is ORN

Help is here! The Opioid Response Network (ORN) is your resource for no-cost education, training and consultation to enhance efforts addressing opioid and stimulant use disorders.
ORN has consultants in every state and territory to deploy across prevention, treatment, recovery and harm reduction.
Share your needs via the “Submit a Request” form at www.OpioidResponseNetwork.org. Within one business day, your regional point person will be in touch to learn more.

Speaker:

Rachel Winograd, PhD

Rachel Winograd, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, Associate Professor, and Director of Addiction Science at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. Her clinical, research, program development, and advocacy interests revolve around interventions to save and improve the lives of people who use drugs. Currently, she serves as Principal Investigator of the Addiction Science, Practice, Implementation, Research, & Education (ASPIRE) Lab in the Department of Psychological Sciences and directs a grant-funded Addiction Science team of 25 engaged staff, faculty, and students within the Missouri Institute of Mental Health. Her scholarly and implementation work is funded by SAMHSA, NIDA, CDC, the Missouri Foundation for Health, and Missouri’s Opioid Pharmaceutical Settlements through the Missouri Departments of Mental Health and Health & Senior Services. Dr. Winograd and her teams’ efforts focus on improving overdose prevention, community health, and treatment and recovery services by expanding access to medical treatment, innovative harm reduction strategies, and person-centered approaches to drug use and addiction.

DISCLAIMER

ACCREDITATION:
In support of improving patient care, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

DISCLOSURE AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST RESOLUTION:
All conflicts of interest of any individual(s) in a position to control the content of this CME activity will be identified and resolved prior to this educational activity being provided. Disclosure about provider and faculty relationships, or the lack thereof, will be provided to learners.

Funding:

Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI088037 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Summary

Availability:

Registration Required

Access expires on Oct 01, 2028

Location:

Online Meeting

Date / Time:

Oct 29, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET

Cost:

FREE

Credit Offered:

1 AAPA Category 1 CME Credit

1 AMA PRA Cat 1 Credit

1 Nurses CNE Credit

1 AOA Category 1A Credit

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