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Research Article: Effect of Best Practice Alert (BPA) on Post-Discharge Opioid Prescribing After Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy: A Quality Improvement Study

Date Published: 2024-02-14

Introduction:
Opioid-related morbidity and mortality continue to be a public health crisis in the United States, – and post-surgical prescribing is an important contributor to this problem at large. For example, an estimated % of patients have excess opioids following common surgical procedures. – Thus, excess prescribing in North America poses adverse outcomes including increased rates of new persistent opioid use – and diversion, misuse, and abuse throughout the community, exacerbating the opioid epidemic. Hysterectomy is the…

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