Resources for Physicians
Minnesota Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)
The PMP collects data on prescriptions for controlled substances and monitors their use in order to detect diversion, abuse and misuse. By law, pharmacies and other prescription drug dispensers are required to enter data into the system whenever certain substances are given to patients. Physicians can access the data via a secure online system.
Pain Management Decision Making Tools - NEW!
Approaches to Pain: Shared Decision-Making Guide for Pain Management (A Superior Health Quality Alliance tool, brought to us through our partnership with the Minnesota Shared Decision Making Collaborative.)
This Superior Health resource was developed to help patients and providers discuss pain relief options. In this shared decision-making (SDM) approach, patients and providers use the treatment tiers to develop a pain management plan.
The tool focuses on six common pain management issues and situations (e.g., patient is not seeing pain relief with current medication(s)) and offers the clinician and the patient perspectives on each. The tool also shows a decision path for three different tiers and treatment plans, from overuse and injury with musculoskeletal pain to backache/headache/chronic condition pain to palliative care/surgical pain/major trauma.
Education
Below are several educational resources on prescription opioids.
Treatment Resources
Below are resources to assist physicians in providing medication-assisted treatment for their patients.
- Medication-Assisted Treatment Fact Sheet – Information for obtaining waiver to prescribe buprenorphine
- The AMA and MMA Urge Removing All Barriers to Treatment for Substance Use Disorder
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration “Buprenorphine – Physician & Treatment Program Locator”
Minnesota Department of Health
- Frequently Asked Questions on E-Prescribing of Controlled Substances
- Minnesota Electronic Prescribing Mandate: Guidance and Compliance
- Opioid Dashboard
Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Opioid Prescribing Work Group
- Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program
- Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council
Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
The BMP offers guidelines to physicians for the use of controlled substances.
Federation of State Medical Boards
American Medical Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ICSI Guidelines and Protocol
- Pain: Assessment, Non-Opioid Treatment Approaches and Opioid Management
- Assessment and Management of Chronic Pain
- Acute Pain Assessment and Opioid Prescribing Protocol
Additional Resources
- Minnesota Hospital Association - Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) Toolkit
- Minnesota State Substance Abuse Strategy
- HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics
- Special Report from the MMA: The Prescription Opioid Dilemma
- Minnesota State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis