Education is key for empowerment. We aim to provide patients and providers with resources to support informed decision making. OPEN offers a wide range of evidence-based materials that highlight the latest best practices for healthcare professionals, patients and their families from pain management to safe storage and disposal of medications.
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Use OPEN’s evidence-based prescribing recommendations for tailored pain management after surgery in adult patients.
Use OPEN’s Pediatric evidence-based acute care opioid prescribing recommendations after surgery.
Learn more about prescribing acetaminophen and NSAIDs for pain management after dental surgery.
Stay up to date with OPEN’s summary of best practices for prescribing after surgery.
Use this crosswalk to understand the link between individual surgical procedures and all Current Procedural Terminology codes for major surgery in the 2014-2022 AHRQ algorithm.
This toolkit will help families prepare their child for postoperative pain management.
This toolkit will help Healthcare Professionals guide their patient and their family through postoperative pain management.
Read Thump! Ouch! Marcus Gets Hurt to help your child feel comfortable managing their pain.
Clinicians can use this brief educational guide to learn about what Kratom is, why and how it is used, and clinical management.
Use this worksheet with your care team to help prepare and manage pain after your surgery.
Missed a webinar or want to go back and rewatch one? Visit our YouTube playlist to find our past webinars.
A practical guide for clinicians to learn more about implementing the COMFORT (Creating Optimal Pain Management for Tailoring Interventions after Childbirth) Clinical Practice Guideline.
Learn ways to manage pain after childbirth such as: over-the-counter medications, non-medication strategies, and opioids, if prescribed.
Learn how to prepare for surgery and to help manage pain after surgery.
As a healthcare provider, learn evidence-based approaches to help manage your patient’s pain after surgery.
Stay up to date with OPEN’s summary of best practices for prescribing after dental surgery.
Learn ways to manage pain after dental surgery such as: over-the-counter medications, non-medication strategies, and opioids, if prescribed.
Learn ways to manage pain after surgery such as: over-the-counter medications, non-medication strategies, and opioids, if prescribed.
Learn how to help manage or reduce your pain and anxiety through various techniques.
Learn how to help manage your child’s pain and anxiety after surgery.
Explore 4 evidence-based reasons to improve opioid prescribing practices after surgery.
Explore 4 evidence-based reasons to improve opioid prescribing practices after dental surgery.
Explore OPEN’s process to create and evaluate opioid prescribing recommendations.
Explore the five Levels of evidence to use while making educated determinations about prescribing and care.
Use and share this worksheet with your child’s care team to help prepare and manage pain after your child’s surgery.
Check out this one-minute video about non-opioid pain management options for children and teens after wisdom teeth removal. Video captions are in Arabic.
Learn more about how risky substance use impacts patients having surgery and best practices for identification and coordination of care for those with risky use.
Learn more about prescribing acetaminophen and NSAIDs for pain management after surgery.
Intended to improve communication between providers and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose.
A one-page flyer created by the Pediatric Trauma Group at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital focused on non-medication options for teens.
A document created by Michigan Medicine Child Life providing greater detail on non-medication strategies.
Help keep track of the use of medications your child is taking after surgery.
This video will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the opioid crisis.
This video will discuss the impact COVID-19 had on the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder.
