Initiation of LAI MOUD To Demonstrate Accelerated Onboarding: A Best Practice Case Study With Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano
In the eleventh installment of the 2026 RECADEMY 12-part series, Dr. Charles C. Whitehill, Chief of Addiction Medicine & Recovery Services (AMRS) at Napa-Solano Kaiser, took us through the experience of a patient who repeatedly expressed interest in treatment but had been very difficult to engage through the usual approaches. His team ultimately had to step back and ask a different question: What can we do differently while we still have this opportunity?
The answer involved more than simply choosing a different medication. It required rapid access, a multidisciplinary team, pharmacy support, medication availability, and the flexibility to use a long-acting injectable approach in a way that better matched the needs of the patient.
This webinar covers how to recognize and capture moments of readiness, what needs to be in place to act quickly, and how long-acting injectable MOUD can help us respond to some of the increasingly complex patients presenting for treatment today.
Featured Speakers:
Charles C. Whitehall
Dr. Whitehill currently serves as the Chief of Addiction Medicine and Recovery Services (AMRS) for Napa-Solano Kaiser. He is board-certified in both Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Before focusing his career on addiction medicine in 2014, Dr. Whitehill practiced family medicine in diverse clinical settings beginning in 2002. His approach to care emphasizes compassionate, accessible, and evidence-based addiction treatment. Outside of work, he enjoys training for triathlons, sailing with family, or playing the Great Highland bagpipes.
Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D
Dr. Buttlaire is the Vice President of Clinical Excellence and Leadership at OPEN MINDS. He brings over 35 years of executive, clinical, and policy experience to OPEN MINDS. He has experience in both the public and private sectors of health care providing leadership and direction in health care delivery. His career has focused on advancing integrated behavioral health and addiction medicine through strategic innovation, system redesign, quality improvement, and sustainable policy reform.
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