Podcast: Opioid stewardship program construction 101

In part three of AHA’s five-part series on opioid stewardship, Marie Cleary-Fishman, AHA’s vice president of clinical quality, speaks with Holly Geyer, M.D., hospital internal medicine practitioner sub-specialized in addiction medicine at Mayo Clinic, about the roots of the opioid epidemic and the state and federal requirements — and institutional protocols — for developing solutions. LISTEN HERE.
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