PROTEA Outreach
The PROTEA Outreach Program is supported by a diverse team of faculty and staff who specialize in addiction medicine education, training, and community advocacy. The PROTEA Outreach Program engages in the Wisconsin Idea by making addiction medicine education, research, training, and clinical services accessible for Wisconsin health care professionals. The program also aims to extend its purpose and vision beyond the state’s borders by engaging and collaborating with national organizations with shared goals.
Outreach Programs
Education / Training
Project ECHO ACCEPT (Addiction & Co-Morbid Conditions: Enhancing Prevention & Therapeutics)
A statewide initiative providing education and leading collaborative discussion on patient cases related to substance-related complications and medication-assisted treatment to clinicians across Wisconsin.
Education / Training
Rural Health Substance Use Clinical Support (RHeSUS)
RHeSUS provides training and support for rural health professionals, expanding evidence-based substance use disorder care and recovery services in Wisconsin through office hours and substance use disorder boot camps.
Consultation Services
UW Addiction Consultation Provider Line
Offering on-call help to Wisconsin health care providers in the medical management of patients with substance use disorders and commonly co-occurring conditions.
Past Projects
The UW–Madison Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) ECHO is focused on the provision of medications for opioid use disorder in jails and partnering community-based settings. The intended audience includes clinicians from jails and collaborating community clinics/treatment programs. JCOIN uses the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model, developed at the University of New Mexico, to connect MOUD experts with medical teams from jails and community programs to promote high-quality MOUD practices. Experienced MOUD experts will address a variety of topics such as addiction as a chronic health condition, OUD treatment options, diversion protocols, and linkage and continuity of care.
The study will test two evidence-based implementation practices, NIATx Coaching and ECHO, with 48 jails and community treatment providers to increase the use of MOUD among individuals who are justice-involved. The proposed outcomes include increasing the percent of individuals who initiate MOUD within jail and are engaged post-release, increasing the percent of clinicians prescribing MOUD, increasing the organizational readiness and sustainability for MOUD programs, and reducing recidivism.
This is a 24-month study with the first 12 months being the implementation period followed by 12 months to track sustainability. The study will kick off in November 2020, with trainings to start January 2021.
This study is a branch of the national study Fostering MAT Use in Justice Populations, conducted through collaboration with the PROTEA Outreach team, University of Wisconsin Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) – NIATx team, and George Mason University.
The Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Waiver Course covers all evidence-based practices and medications for treating patients with OUD. This training is designed for physicians, physician assistants, and health care team members working with patients with OUD and who wish to obtain a waiver to prescribe buprenorphine in the office-based treatment of opioid use disorder.
