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The ONE Rx Newsletter
April 2019

What's in the Newsletter

Project Updates

1,000th Screening
Our team is excited to announce that our 1,000th patient screening was complete on March, 14th and the numbers are still climbing. With this milestone met, we hope to continue to grow the ONE Rx program to reach more pharmacies and patients in North Dakota in the future. 

Map of ONE Rx Pharmacies

The graphic above represents the ONE Rx pharmacies in the state of North Dakota. We currently have over 50 enrolled pharmacies with a good distribution across the state. 

ONE Rx in the News 

The Department of Human Services in ND had a press release on Tuesday, March 12th, which reporting a 13.2% reduction in opioid overdose deaths in ND from 2016-2017. The article also mentioned the work of ONE Rx in the statement, "Another program that continues to expand because of the availability of grant funds is the ONE Rx (Opioid and Naloxone Education) program.  This is an innovative approach used at participating community pharmacies in the state to screen and educate patients who receive prescribed opioid medications." Our group is proud to be recognized as a driving force to help combat the opioid crisis in North Dakota. 
https://www.behavioralhealth.nd.gov/news/drug-overdose-deaths-decrease-nd-prevention-efforts-remain-crucial?fbclid=IwAR0dXLmnAocqcsLKL-p5lM3yTDsAnw_Cb-4_2gT0skPEdo-koRCUPlmdaHU

Data Snapshot



 

Upcoming Events 

NDPhA
In support of the NDPhA and our extraordinary North Dakota pharmacists, ONE Rx is sponsoring the opening welcome reception at the NDPhA convention on Thursday, April 4th from 6 pm to 9 pm.  For your enjoyment, we will be providing beverages and appetizers during this social gathering to kick off the weekend convention activities. The ONE Rx team will give a brief update on ONE Rx and also be available to answer any questions that you may have about implementing ONE Rx.  Also, on Saturday our team member, Liz Skoy will be presenting about ONE Rx during the Pharmacy Pearls session at 1 pm. If you are attending, we look forward to seeing you.

REDCap Tips

When a REDCap user has finished either the patient intake form or outcomes worksheet, then change the "Form Status" to "Complete" and save the results.  Both the Patient Intake Form and Outcomes Worksheet need to be "Complete" in order to be counted as a successful screening.  

Available Recordings

Recordings are available on the ONE Rx Project website.  They include review of the training modules and recordings of the virtual coaching calls.  


 Recognition Program Status

 



Congratulations to the following pharmacies for earning status in the ONE Rx Pharmacy Recognition Program
BRONZE Level 
Family Medicine Residency Pharmacy - Grand Forks, ND
Thrifty White #75 - Wahpeton, ND
SILVER Level
Southpointe Pharmacy - Fargo, ND
Thrifty White #39 - Fargo, ND
Ye Olde Medicine Center - Park River, ND
Thrifty White #47 - Devils Lake, ND
GOLD Level
Thrifty White #9 - Grand Forks, ND
Thrifty White #43– Mandan, ND
Thrifty White #46 - West Fargo, ND

Participating ONE Rx pharmacies achieve each of the three levels of performance according to the following criteria:
Bronze Level – 50% of pharmacists completed ONE Rx training & 25 patient screenings completed 
Silver Level – a naloxone prescribing pharmacy & 50 patient screenings completed = pharmacy receives framed certificate, recognized on ONE Rx Facebook page
Gold Level – 75% of pharmacists completed ONE Rx training, pharmacy has a medication take-back program, 100 patient screenings completed
Additional information is available on the ONE Rx website.
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