NQMC Update Service: June 20, 2016 ► Pharmacy Quality Alliance

NQMC Update Service: June 20, 2016

Pharmacy Quality Alliance

• Use of opioids from multiple providers or at high dosage in persons without cancer: the proportion of individuals without cancer receiving prescriptions for opioids from four (4) or more prescribers AND four (4) or more pharmacies.

• Use of opioids from multiple providers or at high dosage in persons without cancer: the proportion of individuals without cancer receiving prescriptions for opioids with a daily dosage greater than 120 mg morphine equivalent dose (MED) for 90 consecutive days or longer AND who received opioid prescriptions from four (4) or more prescribers AND four (4) or more pharmacies.

• Use of opioids from multiple providers or at high dosage in persons without cancer: the proportion of individuals without cancer receiving prescriptions for opioids with a daily dosage greater than 120 mg morphine equivalent dose (MED) for 90 consecutive days or longer.