Pain is complex. Discussing it doesn’t have to be. This video details evidence-based guidelines for using the Texas Prescription Monitoring Program to inform safe prescribing practices and communicate effectively with your patients. The Texas PMP plays a key role in addressing the opioid crisis.
After watching this expert-led training video you will be able to:
- Use PMP data and the NarxCare™ dashboard to provide patient-centered care
- Navigate difficult conversations with patients regarding safe and effective alleviation of pain
- Describe the legislative mandate to use the PMP
*As of 8/31/2021, state funding to cover the cost of integrated access to the Appriss Health PMP Gateway and NarxCare will end. The activity’s references to EHR integrated access and using the NarxCare dashboard are based on availability of these features as of the release date. The activity’s overall content remains relevant and up-to-date.
Brandon Allport-Altillo, MD, MPH, FAAP
Primary Care Internist and Pediatrician, Lone Star Circle of Care Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Dell Medical School
Erin Donovan, Ph.D.
Director of Interdisciplinary Education, Center for Health Communication Associate Professor of Communication Studies, UT Austin
Lucas Hill, Pharm.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy Director, Operation Naloxone
Michael Mackert, Ph.D.
Director of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Health Communication
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Credit Hours: 1.0 CDE
Teaching Method: Self-Instruction (Lecture)
Includes Pre and Post Tests
Cost: Free
Dates of the presentation recording: January 23, 27, and 31, 2020
Date of Original Release: May 1, 2020
Date Reviewed: April 9, 2023
Date of expiration: May 1, 2025
AGD Subject Code: 157
Speaker’s Disclosure – Michael Mackert, Ph.D.; Lucas Hill, Pharm.D.; Erin Donovan, Ph.D; Brandon Allport-Altillo, MD, MPH, FAAP, Stephen Brint Carlton, J.D. and Allison Benz, R. Ph. did not report relevant financial relationships or disclose conflicts of interest relating to the educational content of this presentation.
The video and CME planning committee members are Susan Kirtz, MPH; Nick Brothers; Zach Cohen-Ford; Drazenka Dasha Rakasovic; Nicole Kirschten; Jessica Hughes Wagner, MPH, MCHES; Lucas Hill, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCACP; Michael Mackert, PhD. The members of the planning committee have no financial conflicts of interest to disclose relating to the educational content of this series.
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Texas Oral Health Coalition
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7/1/2021 to 6/30/2024.
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