Preview: Using the Most Recent Safe Opioid Prescribing and Alternative Therapy Guidelines in Primary Care

With fewer pain clinics available, more patients are seeking pain relief in primary care settings. However, primary care practitioners may not have the experience in managing and treating patients with complex pain situations or may not familiar with the latest guidelines and standards of care. In this video, Randall Hudspeth, PhD, MBA, MS, APRN-CNP, FRE, FAANP, provides an overview of the national guidelines for managing pain from the FDA and CDC, as well as detail the ways in which to use these guidelines to better improve your care and the health of your patients.

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TRANSCRIPTION:

Randall Hudspeth, PhD, MBA, MS, APRN-CNP, FRE, FAANP: Hello everyone. This is Randy Hudspeth. I'm a national faculty member for safe opioid prescribing education. I want to invite you to my session titled, "Using the Most Recent Safe Opioid Prescribing and Alternative Therapy Guidelines in Primary Care."

Today, we're experiencing fewer options for patients to be seen and treated in organized pain clinics, so these patients are seeking care in primary care settings.

Practitioners in these settings are often times not experienced in managing complex pain situations, and they're oftentimes not familiar with the nationally vetted standards of care. In this session, we will discuss these guidelines that are published by the FDA, the CDC, and professional associations, and how you can use them in your practice to protect your patients and yourself. Thanks, and I hope to see you again soon.

I hope you enjoy the session.