Opioids in Hospice

CME available. Dr. Nathan Schlicher chats with Tom Schaff, MD, chief medical officer of Providence Home and Community Care and past president of the WSMA.

Learning objectives:

• Define Hospice and how healthcare professionals can meet the patient where they are at.
• Differentiate the old versus the new comfort kits, and how they ought to be utilized.
• Understand the different members of the healthcare team involved in caring for hospice patients.
• Have a strategy to educate patient’s families on proper disposal of meds.

Episode 6 of the WSMA Better Prescribing, Better Treatment safe prescribing podcast. For a video version, visit the WSMA website.

Release date: August 4, 2023

Expiration date: August 3, 2026

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