Dispensing Opioids: Decisions to Improve Medication Safety

Dispensing Opioids: Decisions to Improve Medication Safety

Dispensing opioids from your practice may provide immediate pain relief for your patients. However, dispensing is also accompanied by restrictions and requirements set out by Maryland state law. Prescribers who are dispensing opioids must login and enter data separately to the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). While treatment regularly involves assessment of a patient’s acute and/or chronic pain, other opportunities are presented at the point of dispensing. This includes an opportunity to discuss alternatives to opioid therapy, to assess and manage the risk of these therapies, and discussion of treatment agreements. Using interactive technologies, this module will briefly present key points regarding counseling patients in safe use and processes to prevent diversion. The dispensing criteria for a legal opioid prescription will be reviewed so as to comply with federal law.

This online course includes a free 60-minute interactive module for dispensing physicians offering guidance in opioid dispensing practices. PDMP step-by-step instructions at the point of dispensing is provided.  This course meets the PDMP training requirements of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

CE: 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM
Course Number: CN#MD006
Target Audience: Physicians, Dentists
Instructor: Fadia T. Shaya, PhD, MPH and Kate Jackson, MPH

MedChi members are eligible to receive a 60% discount on registration fees for courses in the Physician Dispensing Series. To register at the discounted rate, you must use the promo code at the time of registration. If you do not have the code, email jsmallwood@medchi.org.

Other modules in this series include:

 

Learning Objectives

At the end of this application-based activity, the physician prescriber will be able to:

  1. At the point of dispensing, assess and manage risks for patients who are prescribed medically-necessary opioids;
  2. Educate patients to safely use prescription opioids;
  3. Distinguish between opioid misuse and diversion prevention strategies; and
  4. Properly process prescriptions in the PDMP at the point of dispensing.

Instructor

Instructor Image for Fadia T ShayaFadia T. Shaya, PhD, MPH
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

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Dr. Shaya, instructor for this activity, has no financial relationships to disclose. None of the planners for this activity have financial relationships to disclose.

Kate Jackson, MPH
PDMP Manager
Maryland Behavioral Health Administration, DHMH

Dr. Jackson, instructor for this activity, has no financial relationships to disclose. None of the planners for this activity have financial relationships to disclose.

ACCME Information

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Disclosures
Planners: The planners for this activity have reported no relevant relationships to disclose.
Presenters:
Dispensing Opioids: Decisions to Improve Medication Safety
Fadia T. Shaya, PhD, MPh, has reported no financial relationships to disclose.
Kate Jackson, MPh, has reported no financial relationships to disclose.

Accreditation Statement:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, and The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. MedChi is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statements:
Dispensing Opioids: Decisions to Improve Medication Safety
MedChi designates this online educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Maryland Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
MedChi designates this online educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Dispensing:
This module was Board-approved and DHMH Secretary-approved to meet the CME requirements for dispensing permits.

CME Credit: In order to receive CME credit for participation in these modules the learner is required to complete a post-test and achieve a score of 70% or higher for each module.

Technology Requirements

Unless otherwise noted in the course materials, the following are required to access online courses: A computer or mobile device with a stable internet connection and the ability to view and update Microsoft Word® and PowerPoint® documents.

Supported Internet Browsers

Windows

  • Internet Explorer version 11 and above
  • Chrome 43 and above
  • Firefox 4.0 (or later)

MacOS

  • Safari 13 and above
  • Chrome 43 and above
Minimum Memory 8 GB (or more)
Minimum Storage 6 GB (or more)
Minimum Processor PC: 2 GHz or faster Intel processor
MacOS: Multi-core Intel processor
Minimum Internet Speeds High speed internet connection
Other Participants must be able to play audio (either through speakers or headphones) as well as ability to open PDF files and view and edit Word, and PPT documents.

 

Successful Completion requires the learner to complete all practice-based activity components including the audiovisual presentations, post-test, and activity evaluation. Participants must receive a score of at least 70% on the post-test in order to receive credit. The post-test may be taken up to three (3) times. Learners must complete the activity evaluation in order to receive CE credit.  A link to the activity evaluation will be available once a learner has successfully completed all other course segments.

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