221: Massachusetts Opioid Strategy

Margret Cooke, Commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, reflects on new preliminary data showing possible improvement this year for opioid-related overdose deaths; Dr. Amy Ladley, the State Perinatal Quality Program Manager for the Bureau of Family Health in Louisiana, discusses a relatively new effort working with 47 of Louisiana's 49 birthing hospitals on at least one of four initiatives to improve care for pregnant and postpartum people struggling with opioid use; ASTHO and the de Beaumont Foundation have been working on the latest version of the PHWins survey and the results are due out in just a few weeks; and ASTHO's Health Equity Summit 2022 is coming up on Wednesday, July 27th. Mass.gov News Release: Massachusetts Rate of Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths Increased 8.8 Percent in 2021 Compared to 2020 Mass.gov News Release: Massachusetts responds to the opioid epidemic Partners for Family Health Louisiana Webpage: Louisiana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (LaPQC) ASTHO Health Equity Summit Registration ASTHO Webpage: National Survey - Public Health Professionals Pushed to Limit