Opioid Resources

Resources, articles, and tools to help you manage chronic opioid usage.
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Opioid Quality Improvement
Opioid Quality Improvement Playbook PDF 213kb 11/06/2019
Opioid Quality Improvement Pledge PDF 42.9kb 02/21/2019
Opioid Taper Resources PDF 2.8MB 11/27/2019
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Enhanced narcotic therapy management
Levels of Substance Abuse Care Online Resource -- 09/29/2015
Cigna Behavioral Health Resources Online Resource -- 09/29/2015
Pain Medication Use Agreement from American Academy of Family Physicians : a commonly used patient contract for chronic opioid therapy PDF 184kb 09/29/2015
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Clinical Guidelines
CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain External Site -- 04/15/2016
CDC Checklist for Prescribing Opioids External Site -- 04/15/2016
CDC Calculating Total Daily Dose of Opioids for Safer Dosage External Site -- 04/15/2016
Adjunctive and Opioid Alternatives for Pain Conditions Online Resource -- 09/29/2015
Choosing Wisely: A selection of recommendations from specialty groups about opioids and chronic pain Online Resource -- 09/29/2015
Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia (OIH): A comprehensive review of the phenomenon and how to manage OIH PDF 184kb 09/29/2015
Universal Precautions in Pain Medicine Options to Opioids Online Resource -- 09/29/2015
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Clinical Tips
Boston University’s Safe and Effective Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain website External Site -- 09/29/2015
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Tools
AUDIT: The WHO’s Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test PDF 760kb 09/29/2015
Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) patient assessment tool PDF 112kb 09/29/2015
 CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Mobile App External Site -- 11/27/2019
Substance Abuse Screening Tool from Johns Hopkins Medicine PDF 244kb 09/29/2015