The Central Valley Opioid Safety Coalition (CVOSC) is a collaborate effort by community leaders in the Central Valley to address opioid misuse, abuse and overdose deaths in the region.

We are partnering with Fresno Madera Medical Society, Merced Mariposa Medical Society, Medical Society of Tulare and Kings Counties and Kern Medical Society to educate healthcare providers and members of our communities in the Central Valley on proper pain management to prevent opioid misuse, abuse and adverse outcomes.

Part 2 - Implementing Safe Prescribing Guidelines in to the Physician Office

Objectives:

Learn to review medications from multiple sources
Learn how to access opioid tapering tools and benzodiazepine tapering tools
Learn how to say no nicely and refer patient to addiction treatment

Roneet Lev, MD

Roneet Lev, MD is the first chief medical officer of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Previously, Dr. Lev served as the chief of the emergency department at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, where she worked since 1993. In 2012, she established the San Diego and Imperial County Prescription Drug Abuse Medical Task Force with the goal of reducing deaths and mortality from prescription drugs. Her program on safe prescribing in the emergency department won the 2014 National Association of Counties award and Red Ribbon Outstanding Prevention Program Award. She has conducted research on deaths from prescription drugs known as the death diaries. Lev assisted several communities in establishing safe prescribing coalitions and programs. She has numerous medical publications, speaks at conferences, and has been featured in print, radio and television. She was on an episode of The Doctors (Death Diaries), and Trauma Life in the ER (In the Navy).

Accreditation Statement:The Fresno Madera Medical Society is accredited by the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement: Credit Designation Statement: Fresno Madera Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity

Implementing Safe Prescribing Guidelines in the Physician Office