
As the pharmacist’s role continues to expand throughout health care, they are now being challenged to step in as opioid stewards in a rapidly evolving pain management landscape.
Richard Dion, PharmD, pharmacy clinical program manager for clinical surveillance and compliance at Wolters Kluwer Health

As the pharmacist’s role continues to expand throughout health care, they are now being challenged to step in as opioid stewards in a rapidly evolving pain management landscape.

In part 2, Richard Dion, PharmD, addresses some of the persistent challenges among hospital pharmacies and their pain management models, offering some expert solutions to move forward.

Richard Dion, PharmD, joins to discuss the growing prominence of opioid stewardship and where the pharmacist can assist in patient programming.