Here is a link to a TED Talk “The Agony of Opioid Withdrawal and What Doctors Should Tell Patients About It” shared in a recent CMS Patient & Family Engagement webinar. It’s 13 minutes long and emphasizes how easily patients can overuse prescribed opioids and how difficult it can be to stop taking this medication. […]
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TED Talk Worth Watching: The Agony of Opioid Withdrawal and What Doctors Should Tell Patients About It
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This workgroup discussion reviews survey results of practices which prescribe opioids and recommendations for actions to take to address the opioid misuse epidemic. Recording of Workgroup Call: Power point slides of 5-24-2018 workgroup OMW- 05-24-2018-minutes- BKC treatment agreement TCPI Opioid story template
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VCSQI SAN 2.0 Opioid Management Workgroup – April 26, 2018
Discussion of Use of Patient & Provider Opioid Agreements/Contracts TPP_Sample_Patient_Contract SamplePatientAgreementForms SamplePrescriberPatientAgreementOpioidTreatmentForNonCancerPain Sample Patient Agreement
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Opioid Pain Management: Expert Presentations March 15, 2018
View 3 presentations from VCSQI Meeting in Richmond, Va. Opioid Pain Management: From Practice to Regulation & Back Again, Barbara Allison-Bryan, MD, Va. Dept. of Health Professions There and Back Again: An Opioid Tale, Marc Huntoon, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Director of Pain Management, Orthopaedic and Wellness Center Patient Safety Initiatives & Next […]
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March 15 – Regulations & Guidelines; Use of Risk Tool; How to Have the Difficult Conversation with a Patient
From Practice to Regulation and Back Again Presented by Barbara Allison-Bryan, MD, Virginia Department of Health Professions, and Marc Huntoon, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Management Specialist at VCSQI March 15, 2018 Quarterly Meeting in Richmond, Va. Includes Virginia’s national leadership efforts to impact prescribing practices and evidence-based pain management practices […]
Read More...The VCSQI SAN 2.0 Opioid Workgroup reviewed CDC’s Guidelines for Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Non-Cancer pain and how these recommendations may assist you with establishing your own guidelines for other types of patients. Twelve recommendations are outlined, categorized into three major topics: when to prescribe opioids, how to prescribe opioids, and assessing the patient’s risk […]
Read More...Agenda: OMW- 01-25-2018-Agenda-v3 Sample Treatment Agreements: Opioid_Tx_Plan.1 Opioid.Tx.Plan.2 Sample Registry Measures Information: 2017_Measure_408_Registry 2017_Measure_412_Registry 2017_Measure_414_Registry Template to Share Your Success Story: TCPI Opioid story template
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