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Opioid Prescribing Guideline Implementation-Call for Public Comments by June 23, 2017

The Nursing Commission sent out the following information on behalf of Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group: The Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) developed a comprehensive Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Pain in June 2015. The Guidelines were subsequently adopted by the Bree Collaborative at the July 2015 meeting. The AMDG workgroup will design and carry out strategies to implement the Guidelines. Your feedback is requested on the Bree Collaborative draft opioid prescribing metrics. Call for Public Comments by June 23, 2017.

The Nursing Commission sent out the following information on behalf of Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group:

The Washington State Agency Medical Directors Group (AMDG) developed a comprehensive Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Pain in June 2015. The Guidelines were subsequently adopted by the Bree Collaborative at the July 2015 meeting. The AMDG workgroup will design and carry out strategies to implement the Guidelines.

Your feedback is requested on the Bree Collaborative draft opioid prescribing metrics. Call for Public Comments by June 23, 2017. The AMDG workgroup will review comments before submitting a final draft for review and adoption by the Bree Collaborative.

Please read the draft Opioid Prescribing Metrics and the lists of included and excluded opioids before completing the survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/opioid-metrics. We estimate that this survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete.

Members of the public are welcome to attend all Bree Collaborative meetings.

For more information, go to: http://www.breecollaborative.org/topic-areas/opioid/