• When
• Provider is prescribing an opioid analgesic with ambulatory misuse potential in the outpatient setting
{% include acute-pain-definition.html %}
• Opioid review is useful for this patient:
{% include opioid-review-useful-functional-description.html %}
• Patient is opioid naive:
{% include opioid-naive-functional-description.html %}
• Then
• Consider Nonopioid Treatment Options for Acute Pain:
• Document - Record reason for opioid therapy
• Snooze - Attempt alternative therapy, snooze 3 months
• Order - Select alternative therapies from order set
• Snooze - N/A see comment, snooze 3 months
• Remove - Will remove triggering medication order