Opioid and Overdose Prevention: Resources for Health Professionals
Academic Detailing and Provider Training
If you are a provider interested in one-on-one support, you can request a free academic detailing session from MSDH.
Our Academic Detailing Services deliver concise, evidence-based clinical insights directly to healthcare professionals, helping you make better clinical decisions and improve patient outcomes.
- Unbiased, Evidence-Based InformationDelivered by trained clinical educators using the latest research
- Short, High-Impact SessionsEfficient 10–20 minute visits designed for busy clinicians
- Therapeutic Area ExpertiseFocused updates on guidelines, prescribing practices, and patient safety
- Improved Clinical OutcomesSupport better prescribing and optimized patient care
- Flexible DeliveryIn-person or virtual sessions for physicians, NPs, PAs, pharmacists, nurses, dentists and others
Questions? Send e-mail to msADAPT@msdh.ms.gov.
Reports, Research, and Data
- Mississippi Surveillance Overdose System (MS-SOS)
- Drug Overdose Death Data
- Hospital Discharge Data
- Prescription Monitoring Program Data
- Data Briefs
- Mississippi Opioid and Heroin Data Collaborative Reports
National Organizations
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Office of National Drug Control Policy
- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- National Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO)
- National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities (NASCSA)
- Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
Best Practices
- CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Includes clinical tools and resources for patient education
- National Survey on Drug Use and HealthSAMHSA
- Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse, and Diversion Across the Continuum ASTHO
- Enhancing Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Using Health Information Technology (2012)SAMHSA
Naloxone Dispensing
- Standing order for naloxone dispensing from the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy
MSDH Resources
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| Schedule a free session → | https://apps.msdh.ms.gov/redcap/surveys/?s=RXT3DDCTKXAEYAD3 | |
| msADAPT@msdh.ms.gov | mailto:msADAPT@msdh.ms.gov | |
| Mississippi Surveillance Overdose System (MS-SOS) | http://msdh.ms.gov/page/44,0,382,740.html ok | |
| Drug Overdose Death Data | http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,382,740,html ok | |
| Hospital Discharge Data | http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,382,740,html ok | |
| Prescription Monitoring Program Data | http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,382,740,html ok | |
| Data Briefs | http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,0,382,740,html ok | |
| Mississippi Opioid and Heroin Data Collaborative Reports | http://msdh.ms.gov/page/44,0,382,740.html ok | |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/ | |
| Office of National Drug Control Policy | https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp | |
| The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | https://www.samhsa.gov/ | |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse | https://www.drugabuse.gov/ | |
| National Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) | https://www.astho.org/ | |
| National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities (NASCSA) | https://www.nascsa.org/ | |
| Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) | https://www.cadca.org/ | |
| CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain | https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/rr/rr7103a1.htm | |
| National Survey on Drug Use and Health | https://nsduhweb.rti.org/ | |
| Preventing Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse, and Diversion Across the Continuum | https://www.astho.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=7535 | |
| Enhancing Access to Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Using Health Information Technology (2012) | http://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/work_group_document_integrated_paper_final_0.pdf | |
| Standing order for naloxone dispensing | https://www.mbp.ms.gov/news/naloxone | |
| What to do in case of an overdose | http://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/index.cfm/44,25058,382,html ok | |
| How to get naloxone for overdose prevention | https://odfree.org/get-naloxone/ | |
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