As a clinician, you strive to provide the best evidence-based, patient-centered care to your patients. MaineHealth wants to provide you with up-to-date information about current Maine prescribing laws and MaineHealth guidelines, as well as tools to help you address chronic pain, safe opioid prescribing, diagnosis and treatment of opioid use disorder. The information on this page is here to offer you resources and support.
MaineHealth is pleased to offer two new provider education modules. Upon completion, 0.50 CME hours are available for each training (AMA PRA Category 1 CME credits). Click "View Module" to skip the CME credit process.
Earn your CME credit needed for Public Law- 488/BOLIM requirement
The clinical guidelines and policies on this page assist clinicians in standardizing the evaluation, diagnosis, and care of patients, with the goal of achieving optimal outcomes. The guidelines translate national recommendations and the best available evidence into local context.
Adherence to these guidelines should limit unwanted or unintended variation in practice, but guidelines are not meant to be prescriptive. The clinician retains the responsibility to select the appropriate guideline for a particular patient and to use the guideline to the extent that it serves the individual patient.
Any given approach must be carefully considered with each individual patient to ensure that an effective Shared Decision Making process is in place, which reflects the patient's personal wishes, medical history, and family history.
