Morphine Milligram Equivalent (MME) Online Calculator: Webinar

Topics Include

• What are Morphine Milligram Equivalents?
• Why does the HEAL Common Data Elements program require researchers to report on MME?
• Why is standardizing opioid measurements important for pain research?
• Why did the NIH HEAL Initiative decide an MME calculator could be beneficial for research?
• How can researchers utilize the new online calculator to more easily calculate MME data?
• What information (variables) do researchers need to input into the online tool to calculate MMEs?

Event Materials

Presentations

• Upcoming

Additional Documents

• https://research-mme.wakehealth.edu/login
• https://heal.nih.gov/data/common-data-elements
• https://journals.lww.com/pain/fulltext/9900/standardizing_research_methods_for_opioid_dose.813.aspx

Speakers

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. EST
Introduction to the HEAL Common Data Elements Program 
Speaker: Giulia Bova, Office of Pain Policy and Planning, National Institute of Health

The Need for Standardized MME Data for HEAL Research
Speaker: Shelley Su, PhD, Health Science Administrator, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH

12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. EST
Demonstration of Morphine Milligram Equivalent (MME) Online Calculator
Speakers will discuss how researchers can use a newly available online tool to calculate MMEs for research purposes.

Speakers: Meredith Adams, MD, MS, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Kathy A. Sward, PHD, RN, FAAN, University of Utah School of Medicine

12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Question and Answer Session with audience
Attendees will have the chance to ask questions about the MME online tool, and the Q&A will be moderated by Laura Wandner.

Facilitators (NIH): Carolyn Conlin, MS, Program Manager, Office of Pain Policy and Planning, NIH; Laura Wandner, PHD, Program Director, Office of Pain Policy and Planning, NIH

For More Information, Contact:

Giulia Bova, MA, National Institutes of Health at [email protected]