Reporting Compliance with Risk Mitigation Strategies from Clinical Practice Guideline for Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain

Abstract

Significance of the Problem. Impact on Patient Care: 91 Americans die daily from opioid misuse, Unknown military-specific statistics, will discuss with subject matter experts (SME), and Military personnel more prone to chronic pain (44% compared to 26%).Impact on the Military: Management of chronic pain costly for the Department of Defense, Chronic opioid use affects individual and unit readiness. Impact on Nursing: Cultural transformation needed in chronic pain management and Advanced Practice Nurses key to implementing evidence-based practices. Purposes. Evaluate the effectiveness of a visible provider level compliance report (dashboard) in the management of patients on long-term opioid therapy (LOT) in accordance with the 2017 VA/DOD CPG, three identified risk mitigation strategies: Co-prescription of naloxone with LOT, annual urine drug screen, and decreases in LOT prescriptions. Assess for any behavioral changes with visibility to prescribing practices in LOT management at JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 2019
Accession Number
AD1081578

Entities

People

  • Daniel K. Inouye
  • Jorge Jr Romero
  • Nathan Del Rio
  • Rachael Antone

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Military Personnel
  • Pain
  • Pain Management
  • Patient Care
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Therapy
  • United States
  • United States Government

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