Opioid Abuse and Misuse: Pharmacy’s Role in Prevention, Monitoring and Management

Rebecca Chater, RPh, MPH, FAPhA, Director of Healthcare Strategy, Omnicell. In light of the scope of opioid abuse and misuse, this session explores the societal impact of opioid misuse, as well as system and patient-level solutions to improve management of opioids throughout the healthcare continuum. Rebecca reviews implementation of opioid-related quality measures and other initiatives to mitigate the crisis, including strategies to identify and ensure care of patients at highest risk of opioid misuse, focusing on impact of improved access to pharmacy-level mitigation.