Opioid Prescribing Presentation: Wednesday, July 19 from 5-8:30pm in Auburn
Improving Opioid Prescribing and Patient Safety
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at the Hilton Garden Inn Auburn Riverwatch
Program 5:00-8:30pm, check in begins at 4:30pm
Free - Advanced Registration Required
Registration and Additional Information
This 3-hour education session will feature an update on
Chapter 488 and clinical content with a compassionate, patient-centered
perspective, and will include “blitz” didactics, multi-media components,
case-based studies and small group discussions. The topics covered at
this session will be:
- The
Genesis of the Opioid Crisis: “How We Got Here”
- Opioid
Basics: MMEs & Tapering
- Legal
and Regulatory Requirements for Opioid Prescribers
- Practice
Transformation & QI for Opioids/Chronic Pain
- Harm
Reduction: Naloxone & MAT
This MICIS presentation activity qualifies for a maximum of
3 CME credits of the 3 CME credit requirement for opioid medication education
found in P.L. 2015, Chapter 488, Maine’s recent legislation to address the
opioid drug abuse crisis. Attendees should only claim credit for the
hours they attend.
Presenters: Erika Pierce MMSc., PA-C; Gordon Smith, Esq.;
Stephen Hull, MD; Peter Leighton, MD
The Maine Independent Clinical Information Service (MICIS)
is a program of the Maine Medical Association.
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