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
Resource Tag: Safe Prescribing
FAQs: Rules for Opioid Prescribing and Treatment
The Arizona Department of Health Services created this frequently asked questions resource to explain the state’s opioid prescribing and opioid treatment rules. Continue reading
Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substance: Click for Control – EPCS Steps for Prescribers
Arizona adopted a law requiring all Arizona health care providers to use electronic prescribing for all Schedule II controlled substances by January 1, 2020. This one page document lists the steps prescribers need to take to implement electronic prescribing in their practices. Continue reading
Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substance: Click for Control – Frequently Asked Questions
Arizona adopted a law requiring all Arizona health care providers to use electronic prescribing for all Schedule II controlled substances by January 1, 2020. This 2 page document answers frequently asked questions about the electronic prescribing program. Continue reading
Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substance: Click for Control – HER Vendor Cost Sheet
Arizona adopted a law requiring all Arizona health care providers to use electronic prescribing for all Schedule II controlled substances by January 1, 2020. This one page document summarizes costs associated with adopting electronic prescribing of controlled substances in the most widely Continue reading
Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substance: Click for Control – An Arizona Campaign to Increase the E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances
Arizona adopted a law requiring all Arizona health care providers to use electronic prescribing for all Schedule II controlled substances by January 1, 2020. This one page fact sheet explains the new requirement and describes the benefits of electronic prescribing. Continue reading
House Bill 2075: Arizona Revised Statutes Relating to Prescription Orders
This 2019 legislation, signed by Arizona’s governor, requires all health care providers to use electronic prescribing for all Schedule II controlled substances by January 1, 2020. Continue reading
Opioid Use Disorders: Interventions for Community Pharmacists
This 2016 report from The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists provides information for community pharmacists about opioid use disorder and how pharmacists can assist in efforts to reduce prescription misuse and treat opioid use disorder. Continue reading
Pharmacist Toolkit: Benzodiazepine Taper
This 2018 guideline from College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists offers advice to pharmacists and providers about tapering patients off long term use of benzodiazepines. Patients prescribed both opioids and benzodiazepines are at higher risk of overdose and death. Continue reading
Curbing the Opioid Epidemic: Checklist for Health Plans and Purchasers
This 2017 publication from Smart Care California includes a checklist on specific steps health plans and purchasers can take to address 4 policy areas related to the opioid crisis: decreasing the number of patients starting on opioid therapy, improving pain management options, increasing access to addiction treatment Continue reading