Healthcare Providers

Healthcare Providers, check in here for the latest health alerts and news. Get information automatically sent to you via fax or email to learn more about our health alert networks such as:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Breaking Public Health News
• Gloucester County Health Alerts (local health alerts)
• New Jersey Department of Health Updates

Resources for Providers

Treatment guidelines:

• MRSA
  
• Sexually Transmitted Infections 
• Tuberculosis
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • New Jersey Department of Health

CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain & Related Materials

• Guideline Resources: Clinical Tools
  • Assessing Benefits and Harms of Opioid Therapy (PDF)
  • Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain: Recommendations (PDF)
  • Calculating Total Daily Dose of Opioids for Safer Dosage (PDF)
  • Checklist for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (PDF)
  • Nonopioid Treatments for Chronic Pain (PDF)
    
    
• JAMA Special Communication: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
• MMWR: CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016
• Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) (PDF)

CDC Vital Signs

• CDC Vital Signs: Opioid Painkiller Prescribing - Where You Live Makes a Difference

CDC Injury Prevention & Control

• CDC Prescription Drug Overdose
• Prescription Drug Overdose: What Health Care Providers Need to Know about the Epidemic
• Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention for States

Immunization Updates

• Immunization guidance, VIS, flyers, news, and information
• Vaccine news