Speaker: Alix Schnibben, PharmD, BCACP, CTTS
Director, Clinical Quality and Ambulatory Pharmacy Services
Ambulatory Care Pharmacist
No disclosures.
Objectives:
-Discuss the growing Opioid Epidemic and related statistics.
-Review Federal and Georgia State laws and NGHS policies regarding prescribing controlled substances.
-Review how to calculate Morphine Milliequivalent Per Day (MME/day).
-Summarize the new 2022 CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
-Discuss nonpharmacologic, nonopioid and opioid pharmacologic therapy options.
-Discuss Office Visit Workflow for treatment of chronic pain with opioids.