Free Diversion Prevention Toolkit

The free assessments, case data, and playbooks DivertGuard maintains for diversion prevention coordinators, pharmacy compliance leaders, and the nursing and security partners who work these programs day to day.

Built from hospital practice, not from a vendor pitch. Alex Rodriguez, MHIIM, CPhT, has run diversion prevention programs, is ASHP Drug Diversion Certificate faculty, and speaks on diversion analytics.

Credentials and presentations in the About the author section below, or the full author page.

Start here: free tools, no signup

Everything below is free and immediately usable — no account, no email gate. Pick the one that matches what you're working on this week.

Program Self-Assessment Checklist

8-section, 63-item weighted assessment for hospital and health-system programs, with a real-time composite score.

Risk Assessment by Unit

Unit-by-unit risk profiles — ED, ICU, OR, oncology, med-surg — to prioritize where monitoring goes first.

Investigation Playbook

Structured steps for interviews, evidence handling, DEA 106 filing, and case documentation.

Analytics Dashboard Blueprint

KPI definitions and sample SQL to build surveillance reporting against your own ADC and EHR exports.

Monitoring Software Buyer's Guide

What ADC analytics, EHR surveillance, and reconciliation tools actually do, and how to evaluate a vendor.

Case Registry

Documented federal and state diversion cases, searchable by drug, setting, and outcome.

Diversion Statistics

Which drugs, which settings, how cases resolve — drawn from the public case registry.

15 Red Flags of Diversion

Indicators worth a confidential review — and the investigation steps to take next.

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The free tool for problems like these

These are the problems that show up in every diversion program, whatever the facility. Here is the free DivertGuard resource that addresses each one.

ProblemFree DivertGuard resource
Investigations, and the human side of an addiction-driven diversion case How long a DEA investigation takes
Anesthesia and OR diversion detection Anesthesia & OR diversion prevention
Workflow vulnerabilities across roles and care settings Hospital checklist & risk assessment by unit
Running a defensible diversion investigation end to end Investigation playbook
Diversion that doesn't show up as missing drugs 15 red flags of drug diversion & signs of medication diversion
Centralizing monitoring to reduce unexplained variances Analytics dashboard blueprint
Building the case for a surveillance or technology investment Drug diversion monitoring software buyer's guide
Designing or defending a camera-based surveillance plan Camera setup guide

Also useful

Upcoming conferences, association events, and webinars on diversion prevention are on the Events & Conferences page. The Resources page lists the federal guidance, state board contacts, and standards these tools are built against.

About the author

DivertGuard is built and maintained by Alex Rodriguez, MHIIM, CPhT (also known as Jesus Rodriguez) — a drug diversion prevention program manager with more than a decade in pharmacy practice, including direct responsibility for a health-system controlled substance diversion prevention program.

Conference presentations

  • 2025 — The Rounding Revolution: A High-Tech Approach to Diversion Prevention (with Emily Spiceland, PharmD)
  • 2024 — No Pill Left Behind: Strategies for Comprehensive Drug Accountability (with Eric Andrews)
  • 2022 — Ready for My Close Up! Implementing, Maintaining, and Expanding Drug Diversion Prevention Cameras (with Jeremy Quinn, Shawn Young, and John Bailey)

Other professional engagement

  • Faculty, ASHP Drug Diversion Certificate
  • Speaker, Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)
  • Published author, Pharmacy Purchasing & Products

Credentials

  • Doctorate candidate — Doctor of Health Informatics (DHI), Rutgers University, School of Health Professions; research on health data analytics and the prediction of cognitive decline
  • MHIIM — master's in health informatics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (2019–2021)
  • CPhT — Certified Pharmacy Technician, with 10+ years of pharmacy practice across retail, hospice, compounding, home-health, and hospital settings

The assessment items, weighting, and case registry behind this site come from that operational background — building and running a diversion prevention program, not from vendor marketing. Every tool here is free, requires no signup, and is based on published regulatory and professional standards (DEA, Joint Commission, ASHP, CDC).

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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.

Related Resources

Hospital Checklist

8-section, 63-item assessment for acute care, inpatient, and surgical settings
Risk Assessment by Unit

Risk profiles for ED, ICU, OR, Med-Surg, Oncology, and Pharmacy departments
Investigation Playbook

Step-by-step guide from initial report through resolution and corrective action
Events & Conferences

Conferences, training, and webinars for diversion prevention, pharmacy compliance, and regulatory professionals