From prescribing indicators to rational drug use: a medication safety perspective.

Over the past few decades, the emergence of irrational medicine use has become a significant global health challenge. It has contributed to medication errors, adverse drug reactions, higher treatment costs, increased morbidity, and mortality. Problems with irrational prescribing are a matter of concern in low and middle-income countries, where regulatory control is underdeveloped, healthcare systems are constrained by economic pressures, and there is a shortage of trained personnel.

Improving interprofessional collaboration in pain clinics through simulation: a longitudinal Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale assessment.

Background: Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is vital for delivering safe, holistic patient care, particularly in outpatient interventional pain clinics where precision and teamwork are crucial. Despite its importance, IPC within outpatient pain medicine remains understudied, and the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) has not been used longitudinally in outpatient pain medicine.

Objectives: The primary objective of this quality improvement (QI) project was to evaluate and enhance readiness for interprofessional learning among clinical staff in an outpatient pain clinic, measured over 6 months in an outpatient pain clinic.

Exparel for Postoperative Pain Management: a Comprehensive Review.

Purpose Of Review: Multimodal pain management is the most effective way to treat postsurgical pain. However, the use of opioids for acute pain management has unfortunately been a significant contributor to the current opioid epidemic. The use of opioids should be limited and only considered a "rescue" pain medication after other modalities of pain management have been utilized.