Improving pain management and safe opioid use after surgery: A DMAIC-based quality intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimodal perioperative patient education and expectation-setting can reduce post-operative opioid use while maintaining pain control and satisfaction. As part of a quality-improvement project, we developed a standardized model for perioperative education built upon the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Safe and Effective Pain Control After Surgery (SEPCAS) brochure to improve perioperative education regarding opioid use and pain control.

Material and methods

Our study was designed within the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) quality-improvement framework. Patients were surveyed about the adequacy of their perioperative education regarding pain control and use of prescription opioid medication. After gathering baseline data, a multimodal educati

SUBMITTER: Fender Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10282558 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature