p h i l a m e d s o c .o rg Philadelphia Opioid Task Force Recommendations Strategy Area #1: Prevention and Education 1. Conduct consumer-directed media campaign about opioid risks 2. Conduct public education campaign about naloxone 3. Destigmatize addiction and its treatment 4. Require health care professional education 5. Establish insurance policies that support safer opioid prescribing Strategy Area #2: Treatment 6. Increase provision of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) 7. Expand treatment access & capacity 8. Transform the practice of detoxification to stabilization 9. "Warm handoff" to treatment after 10. Provide safe housing & vocational support 11. Incentivize providers to enhance quality of SUD treatment and workforce Strategy Area #3: Overdose Prevention 12. Expand naloxone (Narcan) availability 13. Further explore comprehensive user engagement sites 14. Establish coordinated rapid response to outbreaks 15. Address opioid use among the homeless Strategy #4: Involvement of Criminal Justice System 16. Expand court-run treatment programs 17. Expand enforcement capacity in key areas 18. Provide sud assessment & treatment in Philadelphia Deparment of Prisons * Summer 2017 : Philadelphia Medicine 9https://philamedsoc.org/ http://caron.org/professionals