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Discharge Planners are responsible for developing patient specific discharge plans and Addiction Medicine is an area that these individuals are less familiar and comfortable with arranging, therefore causing potential delays in transition to the appropriate level of care.
With this knowledge, discharge planners will be able assist in locating the appropriate level of care for patients in need of addiction medicine services. Having a better understanding of the levels of care and process for authorization will allow them to make plans more efficiently and effectively to potentially reduce length of stay. They will also be able to better communicate plans with the healthcare team and request assistance from others as needed.
Target Audience
Nurse
Social Worker
Learning Objectives
• NAME THE LEVELS OF CARE IN ADDICTION MEDICINE
• DESCRIBE HOW TO REFER A PATIENT TO AN ADDICTION MEDICINE PROGRAM
• COMPARE DETOX VS REHAB CARE AND EXPECTATIONS
• IDENTIFY THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A PATIENT DETOXING
• DISCUSS THE INSURANCE AUTHORIZATION PROCESS FOR DETOX/REHAB
• CREATE AN ASAM DOCUMENT USING CASE STUDY PATIENT CRITERIA
Discharge Planners are responsible for developing patient specific discharge plans and Addiction Medicine is an area that these individuals are less familiar and comfortable with arranging, therefore causing potential delays in transition to the appropriate level of care.
With this knowledge, discharge planners will be able assist in locating the appropriate level of care for patients in need of addiction medicine services. Having a better understanding of the levels of care and process for authorization will allow them to make plans more efficiently and effectively to potentially reduce length of stay. They will also be able to better communicate plans with the healthcare team and request assistance from others as needed.
Denise Cella, MSN, RN
Mara Hurley, MASTERS of Science: Nursing Leadership & Administration
Todd W Harvey, MSN, BSN, RN, CARN
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh 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.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credits.
Social Work (ASWB)
This program is offered for 1.0 hours of social work continuing education.
Nursing (ANCC)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals:
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.00 ASWB
- 1.00 Attendance