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MiHIA Opioid Strategy Priority Area
Reducing the Occurrence and Impact of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
Neonatal abstinence syndrome (also called NAS) is a group of conditions caused when a baby withdraws from certain drugs he/she’s exposed to in the womb before birth. NAS is most often caused when a woman takes drugs called opioids during pregnancy.
Following the MiHIA Community Coalition Accelerator Workshop on August 8, 2018, the NAS Priority Sub-workgroup set forth to accomplish the agreed upon regional goal through completion of aligning key strategies.
GOAL: Reduce the Occurrence and Impact of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) within the MiHIA region
Key Strategy 1.2: Evaluate the Social Impact Bond proposal from InsightFormation
STATUS: Not Started
Key Strategy 1.3: Create an asset map
STATUS: Not Started- Will begin with Saginaw County, then spread to additional counties as needed.
Days 61-180:
Key Strategy 2.1: Provider Education on MAT and NAS
STATUS: Not Started
Key Strategy 2.2: Identify barriers for women already in MAT to gain access to family planning.
STATUS: Not Started
Key Strategy 2.3: Convene OB/GYN and other stakeholders, including Peds, Health Dept., ISD, to share protocols for educating women post partium on family planning
STATUS: Not Started
Key Strategy 2.4: Improve access to recovery coaches
STATUS: Not Started
Workgroup Members
Role
Name
Title, Organization
Description of Participation
Co-Chair
Christina Harrington
Health Officer, Saginaw County Department of Public Health
Co-Chair
Colleen Sproul
Director of Health Home and Integrated Care, Saginaw County Community Mental Health Authority
Member
Leena Erskine
RN- Manager RNICU, Covenant HealthCare
Member
Ragen Howey
Quality Nurse Specialist, MidMichigan Health
Member
Dr. Vickie Mello
Physician, CMU Health
Member
Rich VanTol
Starting Strong (Parents As Teachers) Supervisor, Bay-Arenac ISD; Bay-Arenac Great Start Collaborative
