Emergency Department Alternatives to Opioids Program

The purpose of the program is to establish and implement practices which will help your organization develop alternatives to pharmacological opioid interventions, reduce the potential harmful consequences of opioid use for pain care in hospitals and emergency departments, thereby promoting safer pain treatment and reducing the risk of future opioid misuse and possible opioid overdose.

Eligibility is statutorily limited to hospitals and emergency departments, including free standing emergency departments and rural emergency hospitals.