Preventing a problem: Opioid prescribing in hospitals

The use of opioids after surgery can set many patients on a journey towards opioid harm. Get practical advice on how to change prescribing practices in your hospital, and work with primary care providers to prevent the problems of ongoing opioid use. For more information about healthcare variation visit:https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/o... Download the NSQHS Standards User Guide for the Review of Clinical Variation in Health Care here:https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/p... Dr Jennifer Stevens is an anaesthetist and pain specialist at the St Vincent’s Hospital Campus in Sydney. Dr Tejas (TJ) Kanhere is a Pain Registrar within the Faculty of Pain Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney.