February 2019 – OntarioMD Blog

OLIS Wizards My EMR

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Post published:February 25, 2019
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Contributed by Dr. Steven Klassen, Family Physician, Thunder Bay, ON and OntarioMD Peer Leader Recently, I accepted a 70 year old man into my family practice. He presented to our first encounter with nothing but his spouse to aid his recall. I had…

Tapering opioids for chronic non-cancer pain patients using an EMR tool and academic detailing

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Post published:February 5, 2019
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Submitted by Dr. Kevin Samson The 2017 Canadian Guidelines for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain emphasized the importance of safely minimizing the dose of opioids that patients are being prescribed. The guidelines made it important for me as a primary care provider to…