Maine Quality Counts Podcast

1. Practice Transformation & QI for Opioids/Chronic Pain -Review best practices in practice transformation for opioid prescribing -Focus on team-based care including developing “CSI” (controlled substance initiative) teams 2. Harm reduction: diagnosis & treatment of opioid use disorder including MAT, naloxone prescribing, and risks of co-prescribing benzodiazepines -Appropriately diagnose opioid use disorder -Understand requirements and benefits of buprenorphine and naltrexone prescribing -Anticipate prescribing naloxone for all patients and families at risk 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.