Fighting Back: Institutional Strategies to Combat the Opioid Epidemic: A Systematic Review

ConclusionsResearchers are just beginning to establish the most effective ways for institutions to reduce opioid use and promote responsible post-operative prescribing. Institutional prescribing guidelines, standardized bedside pain-management programs, and formal patient education curriculums are all evidence-based interventions that can achieve these goals. The available research also supports an interprofessional approach in any institutional opioid-reduction strategy.
Source: HSS Journal - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research