Focus on safe
and appropriate prescribing of opioids
Calculate
Total daily dosage via morphine milligram equivalents for more accurate tracking and monitoring for overdose intervention.
Monitor
Real-time detection of medication safety issues, including:
High-risk opioid therapies
- High dose IV opioids or multiple orders for opioids
- Long-acting formulations (Oxycontin, Fentanyl patch, etc.)
- Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with continuous infusion
- Methadone monitoring for heroin dependence
Patients at risk for opioid dependence
- Sickle cell disease
- History of uncontrolled pain during previous admission
- Received multiple doses of opioids during previous admission
Patients for ADEs, including:
- Multiple opioids prescribed
- High body mass index (BMI)
- — History of sleep apnea
- — Elderly
- — Poor renal/hepatic function
- — Patients with uncontrolled pain
- — Patients receiving other drugs causing respiratory depression
Analyze
- Adhere to pain management hospital protocols.
- Analyze usage patterns, outcomes and pain responses via comprehensive reports to trend over time.
Expand
Leverage the flexible rule engine to address new ideas or research.
Trend average daily opioid use by location and/or provider
Morphine milligram equivalents: According to the CDC, MME calculations are critical to accurate monitoring for overdose.
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