CMS is considering a proposed quality measure that would require “appropriate monitoring of patients receiving [patient-controlled analgesia].” This measure seeks to address the high number of errors ...

Though continuous electronic monitoring of all patients receiving patient-controlled analgesia is not a universal practice among the nation’s hospitals today, a new survey indicates it may become one ...

Four health experts recently discussed The Joint Commission’s sentinel event alert on safe use of opioids. The experts included Frank Overdyk, MD, professor of anesthesiology at Hofstra North ...