Doctors can change opioid prescribing habits, but progress comes in small doses. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Doctors can change opioid prescribing habits, but progress comes in small doses. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Newspaper/Magazine Article
 
• Published August 2019

Doctors can change opioid prescribing habits, but progress comes in small doses.

Appleby J, Lucas E. Kaiser Health News. August 14, 2019.

Efforts to reduce misuse of prescription opioids must draw from public health and behavioral strategies to be successful. This news article reports on an analysis of surgical pain management practice changes used in 43 hospitals in response to prescription guidelines.

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