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Past Events from March 3, 2021 – June 14, 2021 – Page 18 – Northern New Jersey MAT Center of Excellence Past Events from March 3, 2021 – June 14, 2021 – Page 18 – Northern New Jersey MAT Center of Excellence

MAT Lunch Hour: Jail-Based MOUD and Transitioning Care

Virtual

The next forum will feature Sharon Bean and Victoria Daggan from Camden County Jail, Rebekah Nielson from Delaware Valley Medical, and Jordan Warner from Cooper University Hospital to discuss the provision of MOUD in the jail-based setting and facilitating transitions of care from the jail to the community setting.

Navigator Support Event

Virtual

Hosted by the Camden Coalition, Navigator Support Events are ongoing opportunity occurring every two months for OBAT navigators to continue learning through de-identified patient cases, discussion of patient engagement strategies, and sharing of updated resources about relatives topics. This is similar to the MAT Lunch Hours but specific for patient navigators. These will be held … Read More

OBAT Navigator Training: Session #4 of 4

OBAT Navigator Training Office-based addiction treatment (OBAT) navigators play a critical role in the expansion of medications for addiction treatment (MAT) services in New Jersey. Under the New Jersey MATrx model, OBAT navigators are integral team members in OBAT practices who are tasked with initiating and maintaining a psychosocial treatment plan (care plan) that supports … Read More

QIP-NJ Introductory Webinar

Virtual

The Dept. of Health will be hosting a QIP-NJ introductory webinar. QIP-NJ is a pay-for-performance Medicaid program that is intended to improve behavioral and maternal health in acute care hospitals in the state. Behavioral health includes improving the health outcomes of those with substance use disorders. The primary focus of this initiative is to establish … Read More

MAT Lunch Hour: Hepatitis Management in SUD

Virtual

MAT Lunch Hours are open forums featuring guest speakers to discuss medication-assisted treatment (MAT) issues and an opportunity to network! Dr. Amesika Nyaku, an infectious disease physician and co-director of the Northern NJ MAT Center of Excellence, will be talking about hepatitis management in patients with co-morbid substance use disorders. This is an area of focus for the goal … Read More