No shortcuts to safer opioid prescribing. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

No shortcuts to safer opioid prescribing. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published April 2019

No shortcuts to safer opioid prescribing.

Dowell D, Haegerich T, Chou R. N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print].

Improving opioid prescribing is a complex challenge that requires multipronged approaches to achieve safe patient pain management. This commentary offers insights to help organizations effectively implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline and notes how misapplication of recommendations have resulted in unintended consequences such as patient harm.

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