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New automated system may reduce opioid misuse – News-Medical.Net
After more than 1,000 orthopedic procedures at a city health system, roughly 61 percent of the opioids prescribed to patients went unused, according to new research….
After more than 1,000 orthopedic procedures at a city health system, roughly 61 percent of the opioids prescribed to patients went unused, according to new research.
This was discovered within a study at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania that showed most patients responded to text messages designed to gauge patients’ usage of their prescriptions.
Knowing that so many patients are comfortable texting this information to their care teams is extremely useful as medical…
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