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The Northeast Ohio Opioid Consortium

Housed at The Center for Health Affairs, the Northeast Ohio Opioid Consortium is a hospital-based and physician-led collaborative working to mitigate the opioid crisis. Strategic initiatives include: 

  • Education of hospital employees across the healthcare continuum.
  • Use of medication-assisted treatment (MAT).
  • Expanded distribution and use of Naloxone.

WHO WE ARE

The establishment of the Northeast Ohio Opioid Consortium is the result of years of work by community leaders and hospitals to reduce the widespread effect of the heroin and opioid crisis in Northeast Ohio. It is a partnership between: 

  • The Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio
  • The Center for Health Affairs
  • Cleveland Clinic
  • The MetroHealth System
  • Northeast Ohio VA Healthcare System
  • Southwest General Health Center
  • St. Vincent Charity Community Health Center
  • University Hospitals
Thanks to efforts led by the Cuyahoga County Opiate Task Force and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, hospital CEOs from the region agreed in 2016 to lead a hospital-specific response to the crisis. In late 2017, the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio became a part of the Opioid Consortium to connect the Academy’s physician membership with the work of the hospitals.
 

ABOUT THE NORTHEAST OHIO OPIOID CONSORTIUM

Each day, the heroin and opioid crisis continues to decimate communities across the United States, including in Northeast Ohio. Hospitals, law enforcement agencies and mental health providers continue to grapple with addressing the crisis. 

The Northeast Ohio Opioid Consortium works collaboratively to address the region’s opioid epidemic by using these strategies: epidemic in Northeast Ohio by:

  • Sharing and implementing evidence-based practices.
  • Promoting policy changes.
  • Increasing prevention efforts.

LEARN MORE

For more information on the Northeast Ohio Opioid Consortium and its work to address the heroin and opioid crisis in Northeast Ohio, please contact us.

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