Public Health, Social Determinants and Population Health & Integrated Care

D13 - Alcohol and Tobacco the Silent Killers — Strategies for Addressing Problematic Use with an Integrated Approach

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Location: Gaylord National, Chesapeake 4-6

Staff Moderator(s)

Alicia Kirley, MBA

Senior Director
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Odenton, Maryland

Slides

Workshop Presenter(s)

Carolyn M. Rekerdres, MD

Medical Director
East Texas Behavioral Health Network, North East Region
Fort Worth, Texas
Jack Todd Wahrenberger, MD

Chief Medical Officer
Pittsburgh Mercy
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ariel Porto

Senior Program Manager, Education
Weitzman Institute
Meriden, Connecticut

The opioid epidemic has overshadowed the serious ramifications of other substance use disorders, and tobacco and alcohol use have not received the same level of evidence-based action from providers. Three experts in integrated health explore the rationale for shifting focus to alcohol and tobacco use, identify opportunities for integrated care to impact outcomes for populations most at risk, present exemplar scalable models and share findings of a year-long ECHO that supported organizations building skills and self-efficacy to help patients quit using alcohol and tobacco.

Learning Objectives:

Explore the devasting impacts of alcohol and tobacco use on life expectancy.
Explore the rationale for shifting focus to alcohol and tobacco use.
Identify opportunities for integrated care to impact outcomes for populations most at risk.
Present scalable models to consider implementing.