Cal Hospital Compare recognizes 89 hospitals who participated in the 2020 Opioid Care Honor Roll program. The 2020 Opioid Care Honor roll recognizes two tiers of performance. Twenty-five hospitals met ‘Superior Performance’ criteria, and 28 additional hospitals met the ‘Excellent Progress’ criteria.
Every day, more than 128 people in the United States die after overdosing on opioids. The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl is a serious national crisis. In California there were over 2,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2018, a 5 percent increase from the prior year, including over 780 deaths from fentanyl, a 72 percent increase.
Hospitalization is a “reachable moment” for many people with opioid use disorder (OUD). To accelerate hospital progress in building systems to treat hospitalized patients with OUD and train health care professionals in opioid safety practices, Cal Hospital Compare supports the California Opioid Care Honor Roll Program. The goal of the program is increased access to addiction treatment for hospitalized patients and reduction of opioid-related deaths.
General Resources:
- About the Opioid Care Honor Roll
- FAQ_Opioid Care Honor Roll_Cal Hospital Compare 2020
- Opioid Mgmt Hospital Self-Assessment 2020
- Fact Sheet w List of Participating Hospitals Opioid Care Honor Roll Program _2020
- Fact Sheet w List of Participating Hospitals_Opioid Care Honor Roll Program_2019
- CA HHS Honor Roll Announcement _2020
- CA HHS Honor Roll Announcement_2019
- Engaging California Hospitals to Address the Opioid Crisis – results and learnings from the 2019 pilot year
- Online opioid resource library
Questions? Contact Alex Stack at astack@cynosurehealth.org
