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Virtual meeting
Via Zoom
Description
As part of the twice-monthly SUD Care Continuum ECHO® series, Joanna D'Afflitti, MD, MPH, will identify issues where preventative health screening and education may benefit patients in addiction treatment and describe communication strategies for educating patients about and engaging patients in preventative treatments. The didactic will be followed by a de-identified patient case presentation from an ECHO® participant and recommendations from the panel of experts and attendees.
Boston Medical Center's (BMC) drop-in series Substance Use Disorder Care Continuum ECHO® (SUD Care Continuum ECHO®) offers training and support in addiction treatment, with a focus on supporting front line addiction treatment workforce. This includes health providers in Acute Treatment Services (ATS), Crisis Stabilization Services (CSS), Transitional Support Services (TSS), Opioid Treatment Programs (OTP), long-term residential program, sober and recovery homes, primary care, and psychiatry. This free, case-based tele-mentoring program is designed to increase the capacity of health care providers to implement high-quality and evidence-based addiction treatment.
Intended audience
Providers, nurses, social workers, psychologists, peer supports, other clinical staff, and non-clinicians.
Speakers
Joanna D'Afflitti, MD, MPH
Joanna D’Afflitti, MD, MPH has served as Medical Director of Respite Programs at Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program since February 2021. Dually board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine, Dr. D’Afflitti received a Master in Public Health from Columbia University in 2001 and a Doctor of Medicine from the State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine in 2007. She completed the General Internal Medicine Residency Program at Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital in 2010. After completing her residency training she served as a Primary Care Physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Healthcare Center from 2010-2014, where she received support from the Kraft Center for Community Health as a Kraft Practitioner to lead efforts to integrate depression and substance use screening and treatment into primary care. In 2014 she accepted the position of Associate Medical Director for Primary Care Quality and Innovation in the section of General Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC). She worked at BMC from 2014-2021 as a primary care physician, also serving as Medical Director for the Office-Based Addiction Treatment (OBAT) program from 2018-2021.
Objectives
Following this training, participants will have the knowledge to:
- Identify issues where preventative health screening and education may benefit patients in addiction treatment.
- Describe communication strategies for educating patients about and engaging patients in preventative treatments.
Sponsored by
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services (DPH/BSAS).
Funding for out of state attendees is provided by the Opioid Response Network (ORN).
Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588-02 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
