Join Comagine Health on Monday, February 12th for Reducing Opioid Use and Prescribing: Lessons Learned from Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative Interventions. 

The Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative (ACHQC) Opioid Task Force was established with the goal of reducing opioid prescribing and consumption and partnering with patients to set realistic expectations about postoperative pain and pain management.

At this learning event, members Dr. Clayton Petro and Dr. Michael Reinhorn will provide an overview of the Opioid Reduction Task Force, including the creation and implementation of an opioid data collection tool and a summary of the data received. They will also discuss optimal postoperative pain management strategies and the need for continuous quality improvement.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the ACHQC Opioid Task Force’s process for determining relevant opioid details captured by surgeon data entry
• Examine current surgeon opioid prescribing habits and the impacts on patient opioid consumption
• Understand tactics and challenges to improving postoperative pain management while reducing opioid prescribing and consumption

About the Speakers

Dr. Clayton Petro is a partner in abdominal wall reconstruction at the Cleveland Clinic. He is a co-chair of the ACHQC Opioid Task Force and now serves as surgical director of the Simulation and Advanced Skills Center. As a member of the highly productive Cleveland Clinic Center for Abdominal Core Health research team, Dr. Petro was recognized with this year's SAGES Early Career Faculty Researcher Award for his work in running randomized clinical trials and opioid research relative to the ACHQC. 

Dr. Michael (Micki) Reinhorn co-founded Boston Hernia, a specialized ambulatory hernia practice. His practice focuses on inguinal hernias to provide an optimal level of specialized and personalized care for patients suffering from this condition. He founded and is now co-chair of the Opioid Reduction Task Force of the ACHQC. He is an associate clinical professor of surgery at Tufts University. Dr. Reinhorn is a consultant for the American Board of Surgery in hernia surgery.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Comagine Health is accredited by the New Mexico Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Comagine Health designates this Live Event for maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.