The Maine Independent Clinical Information Service (MICIS), launched in August 2009, is a free, voluntary educational service for Maine prescribers. MICIS is administered by the Maine Medical Association in partnership with the
Department of Health and Human Services under the direction of a physician-led advisory committee. (PPC policy analyst Jennifer Reck is an advisory committee member.)

MICIS employs two part-time academic detailers who are both physician assistants with clinical experience. The academic detailers received training
from the Independent Drug Information Service (iDiS), the nonprofit led by
Dr. Jerry Avorn of Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
who, along with others, developed and researched the concept of academic
detailing.

The program’s initial educational module covers Type II Diabetes and will be followed by a module on anti-platelet therapy. Half-hour to one-hour visits can
be scheduled on a one-on-one basis, or a small group setting is also an option. Prescribers participating in an academic detailing visit may be eligible to receive continuing medical education (CME) credits.