National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: recommendations for safer outpatient opioid use.
Ducoffe AR, York A, Hu DJ, et al. National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: Recommendations for Safer Outpatient Opioid Use. Pain Med. 2016;17(12):2291-2304. doi:10.1093/pm/pnw106.
Accidental overuse of opioid medications in the ambulatory environment is a prominent patient safety concern. This commentary reviews a national plan to curb adverse drug events and applies those recommendations to guide efforts to improve opioid safety.