Action Period 1

Action Period 2

Action Period 3

Action Period 4

Action Period 5

Read the full guide on Funding for Team Participation.

Staff Payment

• To be set up for payment, send in the following 3 documents
  • EFT Direct Deposit Form
  • Independent Contractor Profile
  • Pay stub screen shot, scan or picture (name and rate of pay only)
• Follow the two half-day (3.5 hours) sessions, send in:
  • Invoice Template – Vendor

Physician Payment

• To be set up for payment, send in the following 3 documents:
  • EFT Direct Deposit Form
  • Independent Contractor Profile
  • Certificate of Incorporation (if applicable)
• At the end of each month, send in your hours
  • Invoice Template – General Practitioners
  • Invoice Template – Specialist Physician

LOUD in the ED aims to improve the experience of OUD care for people and providers, and to reduce the morbidity and mortality for people with OUD in the ED by improving access to evidence-informed care. This includes access to buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone®).

Twenty-one percent of people with OUD have their first point of contact with the health care system in the ED – there is never a second chance to make a first impression. The ED setting provides a unique opportunity to connect with people who use drugs and intervene early. Your ED team is likely already experiencing the effects of OUD on a daily basis and this initiative will support you to provide evidence-based, quality care.

Applying best practice for people with OUD in the ED improves patient care and has the potential to reduce length of stay, readmission rates, and workload and burnout for staff.

Teams benefit from focused support, the opportunity to collaborate with, and learn from, other teams from across the province, and quality improvement training that can be applied to all areas of care you provide.

The LOUD in the ED Action Series will combine opportunities for learning and networking with opportunities to apply change ideas at local sites. This will look like:

• Five interactive webinars to teach and highlight tools for improving care in your ED;
• Action periods following each webinar during which your team works together to explore application of the new tools and translate ideas into practice;
• Coaching calls to support your team in your improvement efforts.

PWLLE are integral members and leaders in both the planning and action stages of the collaborative. Some of the faculty members are PWLLE, and additional PWLLE are being engaged in the development of resources and education. Participating teams are encouraged to have a PWLLE as part of their core team membership. More information on how to recruit and support PWLLE on your team will be provided in the coming weeks.

Sites participating in LOUD in the ED will form interdisciplinary teams. These teams will identify goals and strategies specific to improving OUD care in their local ED, including developing connections to the community. Teams will support practice change, measure and evaluate their success and share their experience with others across the province. Teams will be expected to provide regular reporting as a condition of participating, but measurements will be kept as simple as possible to avoid extra burden.

Team members should plan to:

• Participate in a one-hour webinars each month (note that all webinars will be recorded to facilitate easy referencing and various shift schedules.).
• Engage in team meetings and action period work at their site;
• Connect with experts and fellow emergency department teams across the province to share learning; and
• Collect data to monitor and evaluate team progress.

This project is focused on learning and improving OUD care in the ED. This means that some teams will be supported in initiating the use of buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone®) in the ED, while other teams will be working on improving their already existing buprenorphine-naloxone (Suboxone®) care.