An Opioid Quality Metric Based on Dose Alone? 80 Professionals Respond to NCQA
<p>I<em>ntroduction: As the US comes to grips with a </em><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm655051e1.htm" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>crisis of opioid overdose</em></a><em> and addiction, many professionals have </em><a href="http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2606790" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>assessed</em></a><em> that excessive opioid prescribing, based on weak data, helped us reach this point. Efforts to reduce prescribing while optimizing care for patients with pain, and expanding access to addiction treatment, are of cardinal importance. </em><strong><em>How</em></strong><em> we advance these objectives depends partly on changing our shared understandings of what it means to deliver good care. It also depends on policies, resources and formal methods to assess if we are doing a good job. The</em><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/rr/rr6501e1.htm" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em> 2016 Guideline on Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain </em></a><em>from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) represents one such effort.</em></p>
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