Search results for "Opioid Prescribing"
Safe prescribing can lessen overdose risk
So when you're juggling complex medical disorders, the path of least resistance is opioid prescribing.”. ... Alford, who is also director of Boston University's Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program.
October 2016
Prescribing for opioid addiction meds, CNS suppressants
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2017/11/prescribing-for-opioid-addiction-meds-cns-suppressants.htm. This column reviews details on recent recalls, warnings, and approvals. ... Although the combined use of these medications increases the risk of serious
November 2017
Internal Medicine Meeting 2017 offers new, rapid-fire session
A free precourse on opioid prescribing, which was new last year, returns again this year, Ms.
February 2017
New workshops, clinical skills sessions are on tap
Attendees will learn how to select an appropriate opioid analgesic regimen based on patient characteristics, clinical pain syndrome and safety and efficacy data, how to apply a practical framework for ... making on the initiation, maintenance and
March 2009
Medical schools respond to the opioid epidemic
In March 2016, the White House asked medical schools to pledge to expand their curricula based on the first-ever CDC guidelines on opioid prescribing. ... In response, Gov. Charles Baker convened a working group whose 55 recommendations included the
January 2017
Letter to the Editor
https://acpinternist.org/archives/2015/06/letter.htm. A different approach to pain. I read the article “Seeking clarity for opioid prescribing” in the April ACP Internist, and I believe it ... We must bear responsibility for the creation of pain
June 2015
Guidance limited for treating acute pain
Weiner said. He coauthored a recent analysis of opioid prescribing in Ohio from 2010 to 2014, which determined that family practice and internal medicine physicians together wrote 39% of the prescriptions ... In the meantime, state legislators continue
February 2018
SPRINT prompts new debate on BP targets
Highlights this year include discussions of clinical controversies, a free half-day precourse on opioid prescribing, and the opportunity to join colleagues on Capitol Hill as part of Leadership Day.
March 2016
Internal Medicine Meeting 2016 covers clinical questions
of prescribing narcotics to patients for noncancer pain, not just for them but for society. ... how do we approach this?”. The meeting will also offer a free half-day precourse on safe opioid prescribing, said Barbara Licht, director of educational
March 2016
Practice Tips: Documenting opioid management is as important as doing it
but also adhering to extra regulatory requirements imposed on opioid prescribing. ... Universal precautions. These should be used when prescribing controlled substances to manage chronic pain.
July 2013