Understanding opioid utilization patterns across common procedures Opioids are indicated for the treatment of moderate-to- severe pain and chronic health conditions such as cancer. Leveraging GetWell Loop to understand post-operative pain management and drive quality improvement Research brief In the past 15+ years, use of prescription opioids following routine procedures and to treat non-cancer-related pain on a longer-term basis has become increasingly accepted — a practice that has little evidence to support it and one that increases the risk for overuse, overdose, and addiction. 1 Opioids were officially designated an epidemic in 2011 and a public health emergency in 2017. 2 Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 150 million opioid prescriptions were dispensed to Ame

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