Clinical Guidelines

Clinical Guidelines

Opioid Prescription for Chronic Pain Management

Multnomah County Health Clinics Opioid Prescription Policies

Pain Treatment Plan
Standing Order for Pain Management
Provider Guidelines for Pain Management
Narcotic Pain Management Policy
Narcotic Pain Medicine Agreement
Opioid Workflow Chart
Opioid Risk Tool
Initial Nursing Assessment
Follow-Up Nursing Assessment

Community Response to Opioid Dependence Summit

Opiate in Jails and Prisons- Dr. Jim Bane

Buprenophrine: Treating Opioid Dependence- Dr. Nick Gideonse
Visit the Buprenophrine Website for more information.

PICODAP- Dr. Todd Korthuis

Jackson County Assessment of Opioid Addicition- Dr. Jim Shames

Treatment Approaches for Patients With Opioid Dependance- Dr. Patrck O’Connor

Opioids and Chronic Non-Malignant Pain: Clinicans Handbook

Chronic Pain Management

CareOregon Chronic Pain Management Handbook

Adolescent Medicine

Under One Roof: Primary Care Models That Work for Adolescents

[From: MCH Alert, June 15, 2007]
Under One Roof: Primary Care Models That Work for Adolescents profiles three adolescent health programs in different settings that offer comprehensive, interdisciplinary models of physical, behavioral, and reproductive health care that are explicitly designed to welcome adolescents and respond to their particular needs.

Hep C Guidelines

Monitoring Guidelines: Management of Hepatitis C by the Primary Care Provider

Guideline provided by the Hep C Support Project

Homelessness: Guidelines in Health Care

Adapting Your Practice: Treatment Recommendations for Homeless People

Clinical guidelines by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council on providing primary care for people that are homeless.

General Recommendations
Asthma
Cardiovascular Disease
Diabetes Mellitus
HIV/AIDS
Reproductive Health Care

Documenting Disabilities: Training Materials by the HCH on what medical providers need to know and do to support applications for SSI/SSDI benefits.

Document Disability: Simple Guide for Medical Providers

Documenting Disability For Persons with Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders

Case Reports

Clinical case reports from HCH providers that best illustrate unique health care issues or services for homeless people.

Pediatrics

Homeless Children and Youth
National Health Care for the Homeless Council clinical guidelines and advocacy for the treatment of children that are homeless.

National Health Care for the Homeless Council

National organization that provides support for Health Care for the Homeless clinical sites. The Council engages in national advocacy to increase access to care, as well as direcct clinical support through traing and education materials, as well as clinical practice resources specifically for providing health care for people that are homeless. HCH Website

Public Health

MCHD Quarterly County Heath Assessment and Evaulation

The Health Assessment team is committed to timely and informative assessments of important health issues and concerns. We started the Health Assessment Quarterly with that goal in mind. The Quarterly is published four times per year, and each issue examines an important public health topic, with special emphasis on Multnomah County residents. Previos topics include CAD, Dementia Deaths, Heatlh and Education Assessment and Prostate Cancer Disparities

Effects of Disaster on Poor Communities

[From MCH Alert, May 25, 2007]
The May 2007 issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved is dedicated to the public health implications of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.