Balancing Opioid Management Challenges for Health Care Professionals

EP: 1.Optimizing Opioid Stewardship: Unveiling Bias in Language and in Patient-Centered Care

EP: 2.Navigating Opioid Terminology: Charting and Counseling Best Practices

EP: 3.Empowering Pharmacy: Addressing Biases and Enhancing Opioid Stewardship

EP: 4.Strategies for Positive Change in Opioid Prescribing

EP: 5.Balancing Pain Management: Patient-Centric Approach

EP: 6.Optimizing Pain Assessment: Tools and Risk Mitigation

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EP: 7.Balancing Opioid Management Challenges for Health Care Professionals

EP: 8.Optimizing Opioid Delivery for Patient Safety

EP: 9.Optimizing Medication Efficiency with Prefilled Syringes

EP: 10.Enhancing Workflows: Cost Savings, Safety, and Collaboration

EP: 11.Compliance and Stewardship: Waste Reduction and Cost Savings

EP: 12.Insights and Strategies Into Optimizing Opioid Management

This is a video synopsis/summary of a Practice Pearls featuring Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA, CPEL; Megan Mitchell, PharmD, MS; Stephanie Abel, PharmD, BCPS; and Jennifer Grate, CPhT.

Haumschild, Abel, and Mitchell discuss the pivotal role of data, technology, and risk assessment in effective opioid stewardship programs. They underscore the importance of leveraging data analytics and technology, including artificial intelligence, to build real-world evidence, support prescribers, and facilitate patient-centric decision-making. Abel emphasizes the critical role of data in understanding the opioid problem's scope and advocates for incorporating evidence-based changes into electronic health records to simplify decision-making for health care providers. The discussion also explores patient populations at risk for opioid use disorder, highlighting the complexity of risk factors and the absence of a one-size-fits-all approach. Shifting focus to health care professionals with opioid use disorder, Abel outlines risks to patients due to diversion and advocates adopting treatment-focused approaches over punitive measures. The segment concludes with strategies like prefilled single-dose syringes to reduce opioid accessibility.

This summary was AI-generated and reviewed by Pharmacy Times^® editorial staff.