Working with Lorraine at CFMC has made all the difference in the accreditation process. Not only are we able to get approval for nationwide accreditation for all of our education programs from one source, but she has also made the entire process simple, straightforward and painless, from beginning to end. The level of credits we were able to offer at the 22nd Annual TEPR Conference and at over 70 EMR Road Shows™ events in 2006 gave us the ‘Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval’, made attending more worthwhile for physicians and nurses and, internally, gave us an even stronger focus on quality educational content. It was an easy decision for all of us at Medical Records Institute to continue working with CFMC in 2007.”

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Treating Pain and Preventing Abuse and Diversion

Online training now available!

This educational program is targeted at physicians. Its aim is to minimize and prevent prescription drug diversion by helping physicians recognize the principles of good pain management and help them recognize patients at risk of abuse, addiction and diversion of opioied analgesics.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Drug Abuse and Diversion
Laws and Regulations
The Treatment of Severe Pain
Drug Diverters
Stopping Drug Diversion

OBJECTIVES

Physicians who complete this course will enhance their ability to:

Identify the "street" market for opioid analgesics
Describe methods used by criminal drug diverters
Design strategies to minimize drug diversion without harming legitimate patients

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Author: Brian Goldman, MD, MCFP, (EM), FACEP
Staff Emergency Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada. This author has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that all information contained herein is objective, balanced, and accurate. The author has received an honorarium for his efforts.

CME Credit

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the essential areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through joint sponsorship of the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) and LearnSomething, Inc. CFMC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care designates the Continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 1.25 category 1 credits towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent in the educational activity.

Acknowledgment:
This CME course is supported through an unrestricted educational grant from IMPAX Laboratories, Inc. in accordance with the AMA standards for Industry-Supported Multimedia Continuing Medical Education and Other Communications.