Opioid Stewardship Program and Postoperative Adverse Events A Difference-in-differences Cohort Study

Conclusions A 6-month opioid educational intervention did not reduce opioid adverse events or alter opioid use in hospitalized patients. The authors ’ findings suggest that despite opioid and multimodal analgesia awareness, limited-duration educational interventions do not substantially change the hospital use of opioid analgesics.Editor ’s PerspectiveWhat We Already Know about This TopicEducation may promote safer opioid use in hospitalsWhat This Article Tells Us That Is NewThe investigators conducted a difference-in-differences analysis before and after implementation of opioid training in 31 intervention hospitals and 33 nonintervention hospitalsThe 6-month-long opioid education consisted of webinars on pain assessment, multimodal analgesia, and safer opioid useThe educational initiative did not substantively change opioid use
Source: Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research