Safer and more appropriate opioid prescribing: a large healthcare system's comprehensive approach. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Safer and more appropriate opioid prescribing: a large healthcare system's comprehensive approach. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published July 2017

Safer and more appropriate opioid prescribing: a large healthcare system's comprehensive approach.

Losby JL, Hyatt JD, Kanter MH, Baldwin G, Matsuoka D. J Eval Clin Pract. 2017 Jul 14; [Epub ahead of print].

Opioids are high-risk medications and variation in prescribing practices is common. This retrospective pre–post intervention study describes a large health care system's initiative to improve opioid prescribing, patient monitoring, and care coordination for patients with chronic pain.

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