Developing an interprofessional team to support patients prescribed long-term high-dose opioid therapy

Elmes, AT (通讯作者),Univ Illinois, Coll Pharm, Dept Pharm Practice, 833 S Wood St MC886 PHARM 118, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.
2023-3-4
Despite decreases in US opioid prescribing rates, daily morphine milligram equivalents (MME) prescribed per person remains three times higher than in 1999. An interprofessional team (IPT) was developed to support pain management for patients prescribed long-term high-dose opioids (HDO) in a Federally Qualified Health Center. The IPT utilized a clinical pharmacist, addiction nurse, medical director, and another physician or nurse practitioner to manage adults prescribed long-term HDO, defined as exceeding 50 daily MME. Visits focused on patient education including risks associated with long-term HDO use and effective pain management. The IPT engaged in supportive, individualized care planning for safer, evidence-based pain management, which included, but was not limited to opioid tapers, adjuvant non-opioid pain medications (NOPM), non-pharmacological therapy (NPT), and naloxone co-prescribing. The IPT saw 90% (n = 19) of eligible patients. Excluding outliers, the cohort demonstrated an average 18% +/- 24.9 decrease in daily MME. The most common NOPM were acetaminophen, NSAIDs, and pregabalin, and the most common NPT were physical, aquatic, and behavioral therapy. Shared decision-making, collaborative teamwork, and simple patient-centered goals are key to moving patients toward safer, evidence-based therapy.
JOURNAL OF INTERPROFESSIONAL CARE
卷号:37|期号:2|页码:320-324
ISSN:1356-1820|收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Northeastern University; US Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration (VHA); Harvard University; VA Boston Healthcare System
资助机构
Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
资助信息
This work was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under Grant [T0BHP29997].
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
0
2013以来使用计数
1
EISSN
1469-9567
出版年
2023-3-4
DOI
10.1080/13561820.2022.2061929
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Chronic pain opioids medication safety team-based care community health interprofessional
WOS学科分类
Health Care Sciences & Services Health Policy & Services