Opioid Prevention Programs:

Adverse Drug Event (ADE) Monitoring and Prevention

Any time a person is harmed by a medicine, this is called an adverse drug event (ADE). People who are 65 years or older are more than twice as likely to end up in the emergency department because of an ADE. While many medicines can cause an ADE, a few drugs are most often responsible for creating an emergency situation:

Anticoagulants, also known as blood thinners
Diabetes medications such as insulin
Opioids, which are used to treat pain

Mountain-Pacific Quality Health works with health care professionals to support medication safety and prevent ADEs.

Preventing Opioid-Related ADEs

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 130 people die every day from opioid-related drug overdoses. Mountain-Pacific works with health care communities to decrease ADEs, including deaths. We

use evidence-based and data-driven methods to reduce opioid-related harm;
encourage reducing opioid use where appropriate;
work to increase access to behavioral health services to reduce emergency department use by patients with mental health diagnoses;
partner with providers, practitioners and patients to increase both quality and access to care for people suffering from dementia, substance use disorders and depression.

Increasing Medication Safety in Nursing Homes

Mountain-Pacific partners with nursing homes and community-based facilities to reduce ADEs among Medicare beneficiaries taking multiple medications. We focus on high-risk medications, including:

Anticoagulants
Diabetes medications
Opioids
Antipsychotic medications

Properly Dispose of Prescription Drugs

Do you have prescription medications you no longer need? Be sure to safely dispose of your unused or expired medications. Find a drug take back location in your state and help decrease the number of accidental poisonings and ADEs.

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Tools and Resources

See our Quality Improvement Initiative tools and resources.

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