THE ALLIANCE FOR BENZODIAZEPINE BEST PRACTICES

Description

The Alliance for Benzodiazepine Best Practices (benzoreform.org), a national non-profit, is recruiting for Board of Directors positions with expertise in fund-raising. Board members bring their experience and commitment to improving the lives of millions who are prescribed benzodiazepines (such as Xanax, Valium, Klonopin and Ativan) through changes in awareness, clinical practice and health systems improvement. We work to change the prescribing practices of health care providers, health systems, payer groups, and policymakers so that patients are not harmed by these medications.

We have 30+ board members and advisors spanning the clinical, public health, regulatory, communication, and public policy arena to help advance this cause. All of our work and recommendations is based on scientific evidence, and focuses of preventing and reducing benzodiazepine harm. We also engage with Federal agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to promote patient safety.

In 4 years, the Alliance has published the most thorough book on benzodiazepine harm, The Benzodiazepines Crisis, and has published eight peer-reviewed papers building the evidence base for problem benzodiazepine prescribing. We have given over 40 education courses for prescribers in many different venues.