PROUD | Clinical Pathways for Treating Newborns With Opioid Withdrawal (NOWs) – 8/18/26

The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) are hosting a multipart education series, PROUD: Strengthening Care for Parents in Recovery. Parents Recovering from Opioid and Other Use Disorders (PROUD) is a SAMHSA-funded program of DMHAS.

This session aims to inform clinicians, administrators, social workers, or any individuals with a role in caring for birthing people or newborns during the birth hospitalization about optimal medical care for the newborn with opioid exposure.  The presenter will discuss clinical care, including Eat Sleep Console, newborn toxicology testing, as well as the development process for clinical care pathways and change management strategies for hospital policies.  Given the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of the birth hospitalization, state and local supports for strengthening non-punitive/supportive systems of care for families affected by substance use will also be discussed.

Presenter: Sharon Ostfeld-Johns, MD, IBCLC, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Med-Peds Hospitalist, Yale University School of Medicine

To register for any session in the series, visit the PROUD Trainings webpage at cthosp.org/education/proud. Continuing Education (CE) credits are pending approval. CE status, presenter bios, and session details will be updated on each of the registration pages.

These sessions are designed for physicians, nurses, social workers, quality professionals, risk managers, healthcare executives, doulas, and all healthcare professionals working with patients impacted by substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health conditions.