Optimizing Opioid Stewardship: Unveiling Bias in Language and in Patient-Centered Care
Expert colleagues explore responsible opioid management strategies and discuss addressing biases affecting prescribing practices across demographics and replacing stigmatizing language to improve patient outcomes; they also review practical approaches to creating ethical, equitable, and patient-centered opioid stewardship programs.
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
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 initiates a discussion on responsible opioid prescribing and stewardship, emphasizing the need for ethical, patient-centered approaches to tackle biases and barriers. Abel highlights contributors to unequal opioid prescribing, citing issues of stigma and bias, leading to disparities across demographic groups. Factors such as race, socioeconomic status, and insurance status impact the quality of pain management and opioid prescriptions. Mitchell addresses stigmatizing language in opioid prescribing, discouraging terms like narcotic, addict, abuser, and junkie. She emphasizes the importance of patient-first language, urging health care professionals to use alternative, nonstigmatizing terms and promoting education to raise awareness. Grate adds that media reinforces stigma, complicating efforts to use appropriate terminology. Abel emphasizes the significance of language as a hard skill, stating that language choices influence patient outcomes. The speakers collectively stress the need for a paradigm shift in communication and advocacy to eradicate stigmatizing language and improve patient care in diverse health care settings.
This summary was AI-generated and reviewed by Pharmacy Times® editorial staff.
