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Workflow of Champions: Improving Quality of Care while Increasing Efficiency

Workflow of Champions: Improving Quality of Care while Increasing Efficiency

Creating the “Workflow of champions” begs the question: What is your goal? The widespread phenomenon of medication supply problems and overconsumption is the #1 reported source of frustration on the part of clinicians managing patients for … [Read more...]

When A Patient Dies in Your Clinic, How Will You Be Judged?

When A Patient Dies in Your Clinic, How Will You Be Judged?

Not long ago, a tort lawyer boiled it all down in a direct question to me, related to a case where someone else's patient had died... Were the actions of the physician reasonable given the circumstances?   Whether we are considering … [Read more...]

Has Your Chronic Pain Agreement Passed the “Subpoena Test”?

Has Your Chronic Pain Agreement Passed the “Subpoena Test”?

Patient agreements can be an important tool to set reasonable expectations in advance around medication use. In the case of a bad outcome, a patient agreement might come under more scrutiny than you like. For so many reasons, its good to get it rock … [Read more...]

Hassles from Refill Requests? A Guide for Primary Care

Hassles from Refill Requests? A Guide for Primary Care

If you are a Medscape user, you might have seen my recent post Patients Who 'Must Have' Pain Medicine NOW   and a lot of  folks were asking for examples of some of the tools I have put together for clinic managers, office administrators, and … [Read more...]

The One Thing Primary Care Needs

The One Thing Primary Care Needs

The One Thing Primary Care Needs (Answer: “Reverse Engineered” Physician/Patient Centric Support) Why won't CME alone be enough to fix painkiller problems in the clinic? Because administrators and support staff didn’t take that CME. If you have … [Read more...]

A Leader’s Guide: Eliminating Problems from Narcotics in Your Primary Care Clinic

A Leader’s Guide: Eliminating Problems from Narcotics in Your Primary Care Clinic

What is A Leader's Guide? Have you often considered one of the most complex and challenging areas of modern medicine includes treating patients with chronic conditions, with medications otherwise prone to abuse? Medications that have a readily … [Read more...]

How can clinic leadership design meaningful support for clinicians?

Get SMART Safe Means of Administering the Right Therapy Extended Release and Long Acting-Opioids

May 1, 2018 By Michael Schiesser MD Leave a Comment

Get SMART Safe Means of Administering the Right Therapy Extended Release and Long Acting-Opioids ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION Extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids are essential to treat many patients’ chronic pain but must be prescribed safely. Refresh or update your knowledge of optimal opioid therapy with our new CME/CE/MOC program CE PROVIDER/WEBSITE Johns Hopkins University http://dkbmed.com/get-smart-website/

Opioid Prescribing: Safe Practice, Changing Lives- Update 2016

May 1, 2018 By Michael Schiesser MD Leave a Comment

Opioid Prescribing: Safe Practice, Changing Lives- Update 2016   ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION One hour online program focusing on opioid updates, new guidelines, including the CDC guidelines, and advanced clinical case management CE PROVIDER/WEBSITE California Academy of Family Physicians http://nphf-core.com

Opioid Prescribing: Safe Practice, Changing Lives

May 1, 2018 By Michael Schiesser MD Leave a Comment

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION Online program, Opioid Prescribing: Safe Practice, Changing Lives- Update 2017″ CE PROVIDER/WEBSITE California Academy of Family Physicians http://www.nphf-core.com

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