Medication Errors: Understanding the Causes and Designing Effective Risk Management Strategies
The purpose of this module is to engage health care providers (prescribers), pharmacists, and other health care professionals in evidence based practices to avoid medication errors and enhance patient safety. Successful attainment of knowledge by the learner will enable improved awareness and lea
Category
  • Medical Errors
  • Risk Management
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Cost $0.00
Opioid Use Disorder
Morphine and heroin were first synthesized and used medicinally in the nineteenth century, and recreational and illicit use followed.
Category
  • Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
  • Pharmacology
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 10.00 ANCC
  • 10.00 ASWB
Cost $70.00
Responsible and Effective Opioid Prescribing
Opioid analgesic medications can bring substantial relief to patients suffering from pain.
Category
  • Prescribing: Opioid(s)
  • Pharmacology
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 3.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 3.00 ANCC
Cost $21.00
Opioid Prescriber Education Program
As part of ongoing efforts to address the epidemic of opioid overdose deaths, New York State has established educational requirements to raise healthcare provider awareness of the risks associated with prescribing and taking opioid pain medications.
Category
  • Prescribing: Opioid(s)
  • State Mandated Training
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Cost $0.00
Safer Opioid Prescribing in Massachusetts
Category
  • Prescribing: Opioid(s)
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.25 ANCC
Cost $0.00
Opioid Addiction Identification and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)
The "Opioid Addiction Identification and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)" course is an educational program designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively address the opioid crisis.
Category
  • Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Cost $0.00
Safer Post-Operative Prescribing of Opioids
The goal of this CME activity is to share best practices in post-operative opioid prescribing to reduce the number of excess opioids left over following a surgery or acute pain episode of care. Leftover opioids increase the risk of misuse for patients, family members, friends, and guests.
Category
  • Pharmacology
  • Prescribing: Opioid(s)
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 0.50 ANCC
Cost $0.00
Opioid Safety: Balancing Benefits and Risks
Opioid analgesics are approved by the FDA for the treatment of moderate or severe pain. However, individual patients differ greatly in clinical response to different opioid analgesics, and patient populations show widely variable response to the same opioid and dose.
Category
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 5.00 ANCC
Cost $35.00
Pain Management Pearls: Opioids and Culture
Pain affects all domains of life, and clinicians have few effective tools at their disposal to help these patients. Opioids remain the strongest group of analgesic drugs available.
Category
  • Pharmacology
  • Pain Management: Opioid(s)
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.00 ANCC
Cost $15.00
Management of Opioid Dependency During Pregnancy
The rate of infants being born with opioid addiction has been increasing over the past decade, with most sources linking this with the rising abuse of prescription opioids such as hydrocodone.
Category
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 2.00 Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
  • 2.00 ANCC
  • 2.00 ASWB
Cost $15.00

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