Open AccessDiscerning Clinician Perceptions of an Established Opioid Stewardship (DISCLOSE) Program
Author(s) -
Cynthia Ramasubbu,
Kseniya Chernushkin,
K. Y. Ng,
Michael Legal
Publication year - 2023
Publication title -
canadian journal of hospital pharmacy/the canadian journal of hospital pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1920-2903
pISSN - 0008-4123
DOI - 10.4212/cjhp.3292
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , pharmacist , descriptive statistics , nursing , stewardship (theology) , health care , pharmacy , medical emergency , statistics , mathematics , politics , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The Opioid Stewardship Program (OSP) was created to promote safe and rational prescribing of opioids, where the risks associated with providing opioids for patients must be balanced against the risk of patients experiencing uncontrolled pain. The pharmacist-led OSP was established at 2 Fraser Health Authority (FHA) sites, British Columbia, to provide clinical services through patient referrals and screening. The rate of acceptance of OSP pharmacists' recommendations has been high, but there was a need to assess clinicians' perceptions of the program.