Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 12-1 pm: Improving Opioid Prescribing and Patient Safety: Part 1: The Genesis of the Opioid Crisis: “How We Got Here” and Opioid Basics: MMEs & Tapering, with Elisabeth Fowlie Mock, MD, MPH,  Register via Zoom

Tuesday, Dec 5, 2017, 12-1 pm: Improving Opioid Prescribing and Patient Safety: Part 2: Practice Transformation & QI for Opioids/Chronic Pain and Harm Reduction: Naloxone & MAT,   with Erika Pierce, PA-C, MMSc; Elisabeth Fowlie Mock, MD, MPH Register via Zoom

Wednesday, Dec 13, 2017, 12-1 pm: Improving Opioid Prescribing and Patient Safety: Part 3: Communication Skills & Difficult Conversations/Behavioral Health Integration and Non-opioid/Non-pharm Treatments for acute & chronic pain with Elisabeth Fowlie Mock, MD, MPH Register via Zoom

Presented by the Maine Independent Clinical Information Service (MICIS).  In 2017 MICIS has 6 clinical modules on Improving Opioid Prescribing and Patient Safety, with two modules covered in each webinar in this 3-webinar series.  These modules are standalone topics and attendees can register for any or all of these webinars. This MICIS activity qualifies for a maximum of 1 CME credits of the 3 CME credit requirements for opioid medication education found in P.L. 2015, Chapter 488, and Maine’s recent legislation to address the opioid drug abuse crisis.  Attendees should only claim credit for the hours they attend.