Opiate Prescribing Challenges & Alternatives for Chronic Pain Management hosted for local healthcare

The Saving Lives Task Force in partnership with Eastern AHEC, Brody School of Medicine, and the Governor's Institute hosted a provider educational event on March 12, 2019 at Pamlico Jacks. Dr. Michael Lang was the keynote speaker at the “Opiate Prescribing Challenges & Alternatives for Chronic Pain Management” event and a local panel of five providers shared evidence-based alternatives in pain management. A total of 65 providers were in attendance, and each was given copies of “Living Well with Pain” a pain management resource guide for Dare County residents. For more information on the Saving Lives Task Force or to download the Living Well with Pain Resource Guide visit www.savinglivesobx.com

Pictured (from left to right) is Roxana Ballinger and Wally Overman Saving Lives Task Force Co-Chairs with the pain management resource guide; (back row) Kendall Wood with the Governor’s Institute, Dr. Georgia Drumheller with The Outer Banks Hospital, and Claire Mills, Director at Eastern AHEC