This resource is sample policy and procedures guide for a prescription medication disposal program run by the Kingman, Arizona police department. Part of the Arizona ReThink RX Abuse initiative which helps communities educate their citizens about prescription drug safety. Continue reading
Resource Tag: Safe Prescribing
Why Does Arizona Have a Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program?
The one page document explains the purpose of the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program in Arizona. Part of the Arizona ReThink RX Abuse initiative which helps communities educate their citizens about prescription drug safety. Continue reading
Arizona Sample Pain Treatment Patient Agreement Forms
This resource provides two sample patient agreement forms for patients beginning or continuing long term treatment with opioid analgesics or other controlled substances. The agreement forms include information about how to obtain refills, the conditions of medication use, the Continue reading
Registering for and Using the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program
This resource provides instructions for how Arizona prescribers should register for the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program (CSPMP). It also includes information on how to gain access to patient data and additional information about how prescribers without an Arizona Continue reading
Controlled Substance Prescription Monitoring Program – Using Delegates
This guide for Arizona prescribers explains how to delegate staff members to consult the state’s controlled substance prescription monitoring program on behalf of the provider. Part of the Arizona ReThink RX Abuse initiative which helps communities educate their citizens about prescription drug safety. Continue reading
The Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act: Protecting Individuals with Chronic Pain
In 2018 the Arizona Legislature passed the Arizona Opioid Epidemic Act. This one page information sheet for patients explains how the legislation protects chronic pain patients who use opioids to treat their pain. The document clarifies that the act does not limit prescription fills for chronic Continue reading
2018 Arizona Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
The 2018 Arizona guidelines for the treatment of acute and chronic pain are intended to reduce over-reliance on opioid therapy in treating chronic pain and increase awareness of the risks of opioid therapy. It includes 17 guidelines addressing treatment of acute and chronic pain, and opioid Continue reading
Notices of Final Rulemaking: Health Care Institutions – Licensing
The Arizona Department of Health Services adopted regulations overseeing opioid prescribing and treatment in licensed health care facilities in 2018. The regulations require health care institutions to adopt and implement policies intended to ensure safe prescribing and administration of opioid medications. Continue reading
50 State Review on Opioid Related Policy – Appendix B: State-by-State Summary of Opioid Prescribing Regulations and Guidelines
The Arizona Department of Health Services prepared a 2017 review of opioid related policies in all 50 states to assist decision makers in evaluating what additional programmatic and policy actions they might want to adopt. This appendix to the report lists state opioid prescribing regulations and guidelines. Continue reading
Arizona Pain and Addiction Curriculum – Faculty Guide
Deans and curriculum representatives from all 18 schools educating health care providers in Arizona came together to develop a new curriculum on pain and addiction. The curriculum seeks to “redefine pain and addiction as multidimensional, interrelated public health issues that require the Continue reading