Development of a New Centralized System for the Management of Opioid Therapy for the VA Palliative Care Clinic (QI711)

There is a paucity of data evaluating systems for management of opioid medications in the palliative care clinic population, which is unique due to changing symptoms and prognoses. At the Durham Veterans Administration (VA) palliative care clinic, there is no standardized system for opioid tracking or refill requests. This leads to redundant refill requests and missed or late opioid refills that can have adverse patient outcomes.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 23, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Camila Diaz, Jessica Ma, William Bryan, Shajuana McMillan, Toni Cutson Source Type: research