Lessons learned in implementing a chronic opioid therapy management system.

Narath Carlile; Theresa E. Fuller; James C Benneyan; Basma Bargal; Lindsay Swain Hunt; Sara J. Singer; Gordon D Schiff

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Lessons learned in implementing a chronic opioid therapy management system.

December 21, 2022

Carlile N, Fuller TE, Benneyan JC, et al. J Patient Saf. 2022;18(8):e1142-e1149.

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The opioid epidemic has prompted national and institutional guidelines for safe opioid prescribing. This paper describes the development, implementation, and sustainment of a toolkit for safer opioid prescribing for chronic pain in primary care. The authors describe organizational, technical, and external barriers to implementation along with attempted solutions and their effects. The toolkit is available as supplemental material.

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