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September • 12 • 2023

The Role of Acute Care Prescribing in the Opioid Epidemic

Education Course

Coverys Education

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Summary

Learn about managing acute pain in patients undergoing surgery.

This on-demand education course focuses on the challenges of managing acute pain in patients undergoing surgery. It reviews the risks of prescribing opioids postoperatively, with a focus on the problem of persistent, postoperative opioid use and the over-prescription of these medications in that context. Best practice recommendations for individualized, patient-centered acute pain management and education on the safe disposal of opioid medications are discussed.

The course is provided by Coverys and developed by Med-IQ®, a Coverys company and provider of leading CME/CE-accredited risk management and clinical medicine education. Med-IQ is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Complete CME information is available on the course page.

 

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  • Risk Management & Patient Safety

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