Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

A physician led consensus building intervention at a multi-specialty practice results in meaningful reduction of opioid prescriptions for post-operative patients

Abstract Background Despite the known opioid crisis and momentum for opioid prescribing protocols in orthopedic surgery, there are no universal guidelines for procedure-specific opioid prescription amount, or duration of use. We report results of a single, brief quality improveme...