Saving Lives: Working Together to Improve SUD and OUD Care & Outcomes
Friday March 15, 2024, from 8 am to 3:30 pm at Thomas College and on Zoom
ME SUD Learning Community’s 2nd Annual Conference, Saving Lives: Working Together to Improve SUD and OUD Care & Outcomes, is Maine’s foremost opportunity for clinicians and community partners to hear updates on state-of-the-art collaborative practices for treating persons with Substance Use and Opioid Use Disorders (SUD/OUD). Featuring various state and national experts, this conference will outline and explore highly effective models and low/no barrier practices to address the current lethality of fentanyl and the epidemic of drug overdose deaths. Join us to learn practical means to integrate these methodologies into practice, whether in primary care or behavioral health and working with youth or adults.
Objectives:
• Provide the latest updates on the landscape of illicit substances in Maine and across the country.
• Explore the horizons of treatment and care for SUD and OUD
• Examine evidence-based approaches to SUD and OUD, including Contingency Management, Harm Reduction, Low Barrier Models of Care, Multi-professional Teams, and more.
• Reflect on key principles for partnering with community collaborators to create continuums of care.
Cost – Free
Speakers
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Courtney Pladsen DNP FNP RNDr. Courtney Pladsen DNP, FNP-C is the MaineCare Medical Director and has worked in the health care safety net for over 17 years. She is a Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner with a clinical focus on primary care, substance use treatment, and harm reduction for people experiencing homelessness. She received her undergraduate degree from Boston College and her Masters and Doctoral degrees from Georgetown University where her research explored screening and addressing social determinants of health in primary care. Courtney was a fellow with the RWJF Culture of Health Leader program from 2018-2022, the Clinical Director at the National Health Care for the Homeless Council from 2020-2023, and is currently the MaineCare Medical Director. While she continues to practice clinically one day a week at Greater Portland Health’s Health Care for the Homeless Clinic, Courtney is passionate about improving health systems to provide equitable care for the most marginalized individuals in Maine.
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Kaley BoucherProgram CoordinatorKaley is the program coordinator of Behavioral Health Home and Opioid Health Home Delivery System Reform.
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Loretta DutillMaineCare Operations Manager, Delivery System Reform Unit
