Year: 2016
Resolution Number: 96
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): Cheryl Farmer, MD
Sponsor: Cheryl Farmer, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: Rules and Order of Business
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS take the lead in educating Michigan physicians about the ways in which multiple physician prescribers may worsen the current epidemic of opioid abuse and the extent to which the simple addition of a Michigan Automated Prescription System check prior to prescribing can diminish opiate-related disability and death; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS encourage all physicians to register for the Michigan Automated Prescription System; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS add continuing medical education classes on the usage of the Michigan Automated Prescription System to select and appropriate upcoming continuing medical education conferences, and include relevant articles on this topic in Michigan Medicine and on-line alerts to MSMS members, and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS strongly support the State of Michigan’s plans to enhance both the Michigan Automated Prescription System (MAPS) efficiency and interface with electronic health records in order to make routine checking of MAPS feasible in a busy practice.
RESOLVED: That MSMS take the lead in educating Michigan physicians about the ways in which multiple physician prescribers may worsen the current epidemic of opioid abuse and the extent to which the simple addition of a Michigan Automated Prescription System check prior to prescribing can diminish opiate-related disability and death; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS encourage all physicians to register for the Michigan Automated Prescription System; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS add continuing medical education classes on the usage of the Michigan Automated Prescription System to select and appropriate upcoming continuing medical education conferences, and include relevant articles on this topic in Michigan Medicine and on-line alerts to MSMS members, and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS strongly support the State of Michigan’s plans to enhance both the Michigan Automated Prescription System (MAPS) efficiency and interface with electronic health records in order to make routine checking of MAPS feasible in a busy practice.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Opioid Abuse and Overdose Death Epidemic
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