OPEN Surgery

OPEN strives to give patients and providers the tools they need for pain management by promoting the use of non-opioid and non-medication pain management strategies for improved patient outcomes after surgery. Click on the icons below to learn more!

Preparing for Surgery

Recovery and Pain Expectations

Talk to your Surgeon

Best Practices for Managing Pain

Adult Opioid Prescribing Recommendations

Preoperative Medication Counseling

Initiatives:

Naloxone
Opioid Prescribing Recommendations
Pain Management
Painless Musical
Public Health Policy
Safe Storage and Disposal
Stigma Reduction
SUD Care Coordination
Collateral Downloads

Substance Use Disorder Screening and Care Coordination Guide

This guide is comprised of email templates with resources for surgical teams to assist in caring for patients who scored positive in one or more category of the TAPS screening questionnaire.

Impacting the Opioid Crisis: Prevention, Education, and Practice for Non-Prescribing Providers

This free course will empower non-prescribing providers and other learners in directly impacting the opioid epidemic through increased knowledge and tools to transform practice and policies.