To be reviewed by Controlled Substance Committee June 2019.
Update: Committee suggested practice-based focus surrounding delineation between short-term & long-term therapies, and reporting that focuses on long-term therapies. Each practice was then presented with the guidelines options, and each practice identified different areas of focus.
Boiling Springs: Long-term use / MMED data & Concurrent benzo prescribing
Conversations with New Patients seeking high dosing levels.
Manheim: Long-term use & data
Collaboration with Behavioral Health Care Management for care support
Newport: Right-sizing approach to patients on long-term use.
Crucial conversations with long-standing patients in need of taper.
Addressing prescribing fatigue.
Articulating when it is appropriate to prescribe.
College Ave: (Residency based site, with multiple QI approaches led by individual residents).
TBD