NEPA Vital Signs - Summer Fall 2017 - 20

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best practices in opioid prescribing includes courses on interdisciplinary
pain care, patient monitoring during care, treatment failure, managing
pain care, patient monitoring during care, treatment failure, managing
pain in high-risk patients, and more.
pain in high-risk patients, and more.

Access these tools and more in PAMED's Opioid Abuse Resource Center:
Access these tools and more in PAMED's Opioid Abuse Resource Center:

www.pamedsoc.org/OpioidResources
www.pamedsoc.org/OpioidResources

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