Current state of opioid stewardship.

CONCLUSION: The absence of opioid stewardship and prospectively screening ORAEs represents a gap in current practice at surveyed hospitals. Hospitals have an opportunity to implement and refine best practices such as access to pain management specialists, use of formulary restrictions, and retrospective and prospective monitoring of adverse events to improve opioid use.
PMID: 32236455 [PubMed - in process]

Source: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy : AJHP - March 31, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Ardeljan LD, Waldfogel JM, Bicket MC, Hunsberger JB, Vecchione TM, Arwood N, Eid A, Hatfield LA, McNamara L, Duncan R, Nesbit T, Smith J, Tran J, Nesbit SA Tags: Am J Health Syst Pharm Source Type: research