Use Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to Help Prevent Opioid Misuse

September 2016

You'll hear about major changes ahead to make opioid use safer and lessen barriers to treatment of opioid dependence....

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Quality Measures Ensure Close Follow-up to Help Reduce Readmissions and Improve Star Ratings
Pneumonia Treat Most HAP or VAP Patients With 7 Days of Antibiotics
Hematology Oncology Don't Automatically Start Empiric Vancomycin for Febrile Neutropenia
Heart Failure Avoid Restarting Risky Meds at Discharge in Heart Failure Patients
Constipation Remove Docusate From Hospital Order Sets Due to Minimal Benefit
HIV AIDS Check Creatinine Clearance When Using Tenofovir
Epinephrine Make Epinephrine Kits to Treat Anaphylaxis Patients In House
Angina Save Ranolazine (Ranexa) for Patients Who Can't Tolerate Other Angina Meds
Ophthalmology Switch to Preservative-Free Artificial Tears When Using Over Four Times Daily
Opioids Use Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs to Help Prevent Opioid Misuse
Hepatitis C Discourage Using PPIs With New Hep C Med Epclusa