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During this reporting period, the PDMP TTAC team facilitated the following webinar: “Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: Applications in Healthcare Epidemiology” (December 2024)

The PDMP TTAC team hosts and facilitates monthly conference calls with the RxCheck Governance Board. As mentioned in Deliverable 5, PDMP TTAC no longer provides support to the PMIX Standards Organization or its subcommittees. During this reporting period, the PDMP TTAC team hosted and facilitated 46 calls with the RxCheck Governance Board, work groups, and groups interested in connecting to the RxCheck Hub.

The second of the biannual RxCheck Governance Board meetings was held in Kansas City, MO (in-person and virtual) on September 24-25, 2024. Twenty-nine of the 37 member PDMPs were represented. The agenda topics at the meeting included:

At the end of 2023, the PMIX Executive Committee voted to seek funding and support from an alternate source. The National Association of States with Controlled Substances Authorities (NASCSA) was selected by the PMIX Executive Committee to provide support effective January 1, 2024. Per our BJA Policy Advisor, this deliverable is no longer applicable for PDMP TTAC.

PDMP TTAC staff members completed the compilations for the third quarter of the 2024 proposed and enacted legislation and regulations and began researching information for the fourth quarter. The “Compilation of PDMP Statutes and Regulations by Topic” and “Proposed and Enacted PDMP Legislation and Regulation Quarterly Report” visualizations on the PDMP TTAC website were updated to reflect those updates.

In December 2024, TTAC published the “PDMP Policies and Capabilities: Results from the 2024 State Assessment”.

The PDMP TTAC team consistently delivers technical assistance to PDMP administrators, staff, and other stakeholders, responding to information requests and facilitating peer-to-peer communication. These efforts help identify potential resources and technical assistance needs as PDMPs evolve, enabling the PDMP TTAC team to proactively develop and implement the most efficient and effective delivery methods.

NCJTC has been participating in collaborative calls with IIR focused on increasing awareness of overdose fatality reviews (OFRs) among tribal communities and making connections with the Arizona Department of Health Services regarding the upcoming Arizona Tribal Opioid and Substance Use Summit. Based on these collaborative calls and the tribal opioid summit opportunity, NJCTC proposes providing faculty to co-present a panel session regarding OFRs and considerations for implementing OFRs in tribal communities or OFR partnerships with local, county and state-based OFRs.

Review the 7-step approach to drug influence and identification which includes pulse, horizontal gaze nystagmus, vertical nystagmus, lack of convergence, pupillary comparison, pupil reaction and Romberg stand. Gain understanding in how the eyes react to drug influence and the effects on the central nervous system. Practice what you have learned using hands-on activities. As a law enforcement or parole/probation officer, you will gain the skills you need to recognize impairment caused by the most abused drugs or alcohol.

The opioid crisis and the flood of other drugs has reached epidemic proportion in many of our tribal communities across the nation. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Tables, twice as many American Indians and Alaska Natives require treatment for addiction compared to any other racial and ethnic group.