Opioid Resources
Overview/State Law
- Chapter 52 of the Acts of 2016
- Chapter 52 Physician-Specific Information
- Opioid Prescription Notice from Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Pain Management/Prescribing Guidelines
- Opioid Therapy and Physician Communication Guidelines from the Massachusetts Medical Society
- Opioid High Dose Limits Notice from Massachusetts Health and Human Services
- Opioid Comparison Chart from Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization (PHO)
Sample Patient Contracts and Screening Tools
- Sample Patient Agreement Overview from NIDAMED
- Sample Patient Agreement Form from NIDAMED (1)
- Sample Patient Agreement Form from NIDAMED (2)
- Sample Patient Agreement Form from Tufts Medical Center
- Opioid Risk Screening Tool
- Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) Screening Tool
Additional Resources
- Addiction Treatment Resources
- Drug Disposal Guidelines for Healthcare Professionals
- Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)
- Massachusetts Prescription Awareness Tool (MassPAT)
- Massachusetts Online PMP Enrollment Form for Resident
- Opioid Overdose Prevention & Reversal Information Sheet
- Preventing Opioid Abuse Resources from the American Medical Society
Training and Education
- Online: Extended-Release and Long- Acting Opioids, Assessing Risk, Safe Prescribing, sponsored by the Federation of State Medical Boards
- Online: The Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (Scope of Pain) Program, sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center