By Karen Blum
Technology was one key component of a pharmacist-led opioid stewardship program at a health system in Georgia that significantly improved opioid prescribing and usage, with estimated savings of nearly $21 million annually just among medical-surgical patients taking the analgesics. A poster (abstract 284) describing the team's study was presented at the ASHP 2022 Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition, in Las Vegas.
The 2018 Joint Commission standards for pain assessment and