Patient Agreements
Patient Agreement – Opioid Agreement – Medication Agreement, however you label it, this agreement can be an essential part of your practice. Depending on how you construct, emphasize and enforce your agreement, this agreement could potentially:
- Become a safeguard to protect your practice from illegal drug seeking activity.
- Explain what you expect of the patient and what the patient can expect of you;
- Explain why you and the patient must be accountable for narcotic pain medication;
- Enhance your confidence in treating patients;
- Educate your patients about issues unique to taking and possessing opioid analgesics;
- Help your patients understand issues unique to pain management treatment;
- Provide patients an understanding of potential dangers of taking and possessing opioid analgesics, as well as safeguards they can utilize;
- Explain to the patient why patient accountability is critical for long term treatment;
- Give credibility to issues that may cause a patient to be terminated, as well as other benefits.
Informed Consent
Patient Agreement
Pregnancy Agreement
Pregnancy can be a critical issue in pain management. This document provides you issues to consider while constructing or updating your agreement.