Presenters
Summary
Session describes an initiative, first proposed to clinical leadership by a health psychologist, to transform pain management and opioid prescribing practices in a large Texas healthcare system. Presenters, psychologist/physician co-chairs, will describe the development and current status of the resulting project, involving large teams of inpatient and ambulatory professionals working together to develop multidisciplinary education, policies, guidelines, and tools to promote evidence-based pain management and opioid prescribing practices to meet the needs of patients. Related QI efforts and current and future outcome measures will be described.
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Objectives
- Describe how a multidisciplinary initiative can positively influence healthcare practices related to pain/opioids.
- Discuss and consider roles for behavioral health providers in healthcare initiatives and leadership.
- Generalize this multidisciplinary approach to other healthcare initiatives.
References
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Quality Improvement and Care Coordination: Implementing the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. 2018. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Unintentinal Injury Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
- Young LS, Crausman RS, Fulton JP. Suboptimal Opioid Prescribing: A Practice Change Project. Rhode Island Medical Journal (2013). 2018;101(2):41-44.
- Dueñas M, Salazar A, SÁ¡nchez M, De Sola H, Ojeda B, Failde I. Relationship Between Using Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pain Treatment and Physicians’ Training and Attitudes Toward Patients and the Effects on Patient Care. Pain Practice. 2018;18(1):38-47.
- Forsyth C, Mason B. Shared leadership and group identification in healthcare: The leadership beliefs of clinicians working in interprofessional teams. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2017;31(3):291-299.
- Weiner SG, Price CN, Atalay AJ, et al. A Health System-Wide Initiative to Decrease Opioid-Related Morbidity and Mortality. Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety. 2019;45(1):3-13.